FEA Ready For 64-Bit Computers

April 1, 2005

MSC.Nastran is available for 32 and 64-bit AMD Opteron processor-based systems.

The 64-bit version of MSC.Nastran on AMD Opteron processor-based systems show performance gains of up to 15% compared to similar engineering simulations run on a 32-bit architecture. The 64-bit MSC.Nastran for AMD Opteron processors currently runs on SuSE 9.0, SuSE 9.1 and RH 3.0 operating systems.

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Paul Dvorak

Paul Dvorak - Senior Editor
21 years of service. BS Mechanical Engineering, BS Secondary Education, Cleveland State University. Work experience: Highschool mathematics and physics teacher; design engineer, Primary editor for CAD/CAM technology. He isno longer with Machine Design.

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Paul Dvorak - Senior Editor
21 years of service. BS Mechanical Engineering, BS Secondary Education, Cleveland State University. Work experience: Highschool mathematics and physics teacher; design engineer, U.S. Air Force. Primary editor for CAD/CAM technology. He isno longer with Machine Design.

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