A ground-breaking collaboration showcasing how CodeZero's design, architecture, and optimisation skills are revolutionising High-Performance Computing (HPC) for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
Warsaw University of Technology Racing (WUTR), a competitive Formula Student team, faced significant computational constraints in their race car design process. Their aerodynamics department, critical for performance, was running over 30 CFD simulation cases weekly, with each case demanding 6-8 hours on limited university CPU-based HPC resources.
This bottleneck severely restricted their ability to iterate designs and optimize aerodynamic performance. "Using all of the computing power provided to us by Code Zero we can reach a new high in our simulations and rise to the highest level of our capabilities." – Benedict, Aerodynamicist, WUT Racing.
CodeZero implemented a cutting-edge, sustainable HPC solution leveraging liquid immersion cooling. This project marks another world first: running Ansys Fluent CFD simulations on Immersed GPUs.
Utilizing just a single virtual machine on our Nutanix-powered Dell R750 cluster (funded by Intel), CodeZero configured:
The key to this success lies in our optimised architecture, pulling resources from a single host to maximize performance and efficiency, running in a state-of-the-art immersion cooling environment.
CodeZero's immersed GPU platform delivered transformative results for WUT Racing:
"Our platform has delivered their CFD simulation three times quicker using the GPU in immersion than their entire HPC cluster." – CodeZero Representative.
This project wouldn't have been possible without the invaluable support of our ecosystem partners.
This collaboration demonstrates how strategic partnerships can remove computational barriers and democratize access to cutting-edge technology.
This case study kicks off an exciting 12 months for both WUTR and CodeZero. We aim to drive further improvements to WUTR's race car performance by enabling more complex simulations. Future plans include scaling to a full cluster to run 140 million cell mesh simulations, comparable to the capabilities of leading Formula 1 teams.
CodeZero is committed to delivering innovative, sustainable, and cost-effective HPC solutions that empower educational institutions and businesses to overcome computational challenges and achieve breakthrough results.
