Pininfarina trusts Bull NovaScale® Servers to host its HPC applications
Bull and Pininfarina implement a high-performance computing center dedicated to product simulation and analyzing of finished components
Paris,
March
7, 2006 -
Pininfarina - historically the leading Italian and worldwide automotive design company - has chosen Bull to supply a first tranche of NovaScale 4020 servers, based on Intel® Itanium® 2 processors, for the implementation of a high-performance computing (HPC) center dedicated to managing the computer simulation of the project cycles/production processes for their own cars.
The computer simulation of the whole project/process cycle enables the company to assess the feasibility and quality of every single component in advance, before physically producing the prototype. Using simulations, supported by high performance IT systems, means fewer prototypes have to be produced for experimental purposes and improves the company's competitive position both in terms of production timing and costs.
Bull NovaScale servers performed extremely successfully against the different benchmarks set by Pininfarina and were chosen for their speed, power, capabilities in terms of configuration, scalability and protecting previous investments, as well as their usability.
The main differentiators between Bull technologies and those offered by competitors were the reliability of the standard Linux operating system software - optimized by Bull for HPC applications - the efficiency and effectiveness of Bull's HPC computing center at Echirolles (France) in meeting specific project needs and, last but not least, the extraordinary price/performance ratios.
"We are proud that Bull's innovative technology is being used to support a company like Pininfarina, one of the major players in the automotive sector, and synonymous with skills, experience and innovation," said Giorgio Pucci, Managing Director, Bull Italy. "Pininfarina's choice demonstrates the high levels of performance and flexibility achieved by our NovaScale platform in meeting the requirements of the most demanding HPC applications."
About Pininfarina
Founded in 1930, today Pininfarina is one of the major service providers in the automotive sector, capable of providing vehicle manufacturers with solutions based on its know-how and flexibility through every phase of design, product and process engineering, and high-specification vehicle production, whether as a partner for the entire cycle or a supplier of specific services. The company has more than 3,000 employees and offices in Italy, France, Germany, Sweden, Morocco and China. The current product range includes five new models: Volvo C70, Alfa Romeo Brera and Spider, Ford Focus CC, and Mitsubishi Colt CC. Other customers include Ferrari-Maserati, Peugeot-Citroėn, Renault, Jaguar, Honda, Daewoo, Hyundai, AviChina, Brilliance, Chery and Changfeng. Pininfarina Extra, a specialist consumer product design company owned by the Group, includes Motorola, Jacuzzi, Lavazza, Snaidero and 3M among its customer base.
About Bull, Architect of an Open World
Bull is an Information Technology company, dedicated to helping Corporations and Public Sector organizations optimize the architecture, operations and the financial return of their Information Systems and their mission-critical related businesses.
Bull focuses on open and secure systems, and as such is the only European-based company offering expertise in all the key elements of the IT value chain.
For more information visit: http://www.bull.com
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