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financial infrastructure and distribution services to complete various solutions , ranging from small to huge scale . Solulever opens up different paths for us as it provides us access to specific types of customers we otherwise would not normally be dealing with . Circle B typically takes care of the colocation and data centre for us , which is something that we didn ' t use to do ."
Studying his PhD at Birkbeck College ( London ), Ninaber found that he had a specific need to do large-scale calculations in molecular dynamics . " At that time , large HPC installations were usually located centrally in a country . To do large scale calculations , one had to request time on these machines . So , we figured that we could be much more efficient by buying off-the-shelf hardware , together with a network and software to create our own HPC installation . This led us to be approached by a business customer to install an HPC division for them within their business . It turned out to be extremely successful , and three years later , we started our own company in the Netherlands ."
When it comes to harnessing HPC in manufacturing , Ninaber says : " typically in manufacturing , HPC is used in computational fluid dynamics ( CFD ) calculations of airflow and similar complex yet intricate calculations . For example , wind turbines that we spot everywhere are carefully planned as before they are built ; calculations are performed to identify the optimal wind shape in that area . In addition to this , HPC is used heavily in the automotive
168 February 2022