TGrid 4.0 has been substantially improved, with a powerful Surface Wrapper added to its existing surface and volume meshing capabilities. Users can now wrap up multiple dirty geometry files from several sources into single, connected, high-quality surface mesh in record times. A number of automated functions are available to optimize the process, depending on the problem at hand.

Reconfigurable computing algorithms implemented in FPGAs are 10x to 1,000x faster than traditional parallel algorithms. Many high-performance computing applications are turning to FPGAs and reconfigurable computing to squeeze performance for their biggest computational challenges.

PETROBRAS, UFSC/SINMEC and ESSS' main objective for the realization of the 2nd Latin American CFD workshop Applied to the Oil Industry is to create a discussion forum to those interested (users and developers) in Computational Fluid Dynamics Software, specially the ones involved with applications related to the oil and gas industry.

Attendees can expect to learn the TGrid 4.0 wrapper as well as general tips and tricks through lectures and hands-on tutorials.

This course will be offered on August 7, 2006 and September 13, 2006.

The integrated software solution will be based on product platforms from both companies. Gradient's full-chip thermal analysis tool FireBolt, allows IC designers to access temperature anywhere within a chip and to evaluate how to improve the design with respect to timing, leakages, and reliability, while Flomerics' package-level thermal analysis Flopack tool automates model creation through wizard-driven geometry macros.

“The backbone of analysis is data accessibility” said Roland Feldhinkel, NIKA managing director. “With EFD.Flexx, engineers can share resources and conduct fully integrated fluid flow and heat transfer analyses within CATIA V5 and Pro/ENGINEER. Engineers can further supplement their design power and data accessibility by using the company’s sophisticated 3D solid modeler with native direct interfaces to most major CAD packages. With EFD.Flexx users can freely choose the best and most economic way to handle CAD data for their fluid flow simulations and benefit from extensive time and cost savings.”