Fujitsu's SynfiniWay(tm) to be Airbus grid middleware for aerodynamics analysis

Fujitsu Systems Europe has announced a significant order for its SynfiniWay(tm) grid middleware for aerodynamics analysis from Airbus, the leading international commercial aircraft manufacturer. SynfiniWay(tm) will be used for the production HPC grid environment at the primary Airbus compute centres in France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom.

[ClickPress, Fri Jul 21 2006] Fujitsu Systems Europe has announced a significant order for its SynfiniWay(tm) grid middleware for aerodynamics analysis from Airbus, the leading international commercial aircraft manufacturer. SynfiniWay(tm) will be used for the production HPC grid environment at the primary Airbus compute centres in France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom.

SynfiniWay(tm) of Fujitsu proved to offer the most complete and integrated grid computing solution for aerodynamics analyses at aerospace group Airbus, combining service-oriented applications with open workflow capabilities for efficient support of complex dynamic processes. The aircraft manufacturer is going to deploy SynfiniWay(tm) as the standard HPC grid middleware across the four European countries mentioned.

Naoya Tamura, CEO Fujitsu Systems Europe, explains: "Fujitsu is pleased that Airbus has identified SynfiniWay(tm) as the standard HPC grid middleware, forming a key component of their enterprise grid strategy. We have demonstrated that SynfiniWay(tm) is both easy to deploy and customise to the existing environment, bridging the engineering business process and global system infrastructure. The clean and decentralised architecture of SynfiniWay(tm) will allow progressive expansion of the compute grid, and we look forward to working closely with Airbus IT and engineering teams in the next phase of production deployment."

The SynfiniWay(tm) grid framework will be used as the common interface for heterogeneous HPC machines and data transfer. Virtualisation of these systems now gives Airbus greater flexibility in resource deployment, allowing a reduction in project times through meta-scheduling and task interleaving. Dataflow is implicitly handled by the SynfiniWay(tm) framework, being directly synchronised with the process workflow to ensure a continuous movement of data from the file server through compute nodes to the workstation.

Fujitsu Systems Europe has also been contracted to develop the services around the aerodynamic
applications and to integrate SynfiniWay(tm) within the existing user desktop tools for transparent grid access.

SynfiniWay(tm) is a trademark of Fujitsu Limited. All other company/product names mentioned in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and are used for identification purposes only.

About Fujitsu Systems Europe

Fujitsu Systems Europe, which is headquartered in Wissous (in the Paris Region), is a strategic member of the Fujitsu Group, developing and supporting worldwide the SynfiniWay(tm) grid computing middleware - a complete framework with resource virtualisation, process integration, meta-scheduling and dataflow.

The services offered by Fujitsu are founded on dedicated expertise in technical and engineering simulation and include the audit, design and deployment of SynfiniWay(tm) -based solutions for process optimisation and innovation.

Industrial clients for SynfiniWay(tm) include leading enterprises in a range of sectors, from automotive and aerospace to energy, oil and meteorology, as well as outsourced compute centres.

For more information, go to: http://uk.fujitsu.com/SynfiniWay

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pacesetting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications products, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up the range of possibilities for its customers' success.

Headquartered in Tokyo (Japan), Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of about 4.8 trillion yen (US$40.6 billion) for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2006.

For more information, go to: www.fujitsu.com


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