Streamlined Workflow Bridges Islands of Data, Accelerating Time-to-Market for Manufacturers

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Silicon Graphics (SGI) and MSC.Software Corporation have unveiled a powerful integrated solution to streamline and accelerate virtual product development (VPD), addressing the growing time-to-market challenges for manufacturers competing globally. The solution combines industry-leading technology from each company, including SGI's scalable and cost-effective data storage infrastructure, visualization environment, and compute technology with MSC.Software's VPD applications and Intel's processors. This integrated VPD environment enables customers to achieve more efficient workflows, faster results, more productive collaboration, and easier data management, ultimately reducing the time spent waiting for data by a factor of 27 in real-world tests conducted by MSC.Software.

Key Takeaways:

  • The integrated solution combines technology from SGI, MSC.Software, and Intel to provide a comprehensive VPD environment for manufacturers.
  • The solution enables customers to achieve more efficient workflows, faster results, and easier data management.
  • Real-world tests conducted by MSC.Software showed a factor of 27 reduction in time spent waiting for data with the SGI SAN CXFS solution.
  • The integrated solution helps engineers more effectively leverage the many disparate "islands of data" that populate manufacturing organizations today.
  • The solution contains a scalable and cost-effective data storage infrastructure, visualization environment, and compute technology.
  • The solution also interoperates with legacy systems from other hardware vendors and operating systems, protecting existing technology investments.
  • The solution was announced at the SAE Noise and Vibration Conference and Exhibition.
  • The solution is available today in configurations priced from $120,000.
  • The solution is designed to provide an enhanced, heterogeneous VPD infrastructure for manufacturers.

Statistics:

  • Real-world tests conducted by MSC.Software showed a factor of 27 reduction in time spent waiting for data with the SGI SAN CXFS solution.
  • The SGI SAN CXFS solution reduced transfer time from over 10 minutes to 22.63 seconds.
  • The solution contains a scalable and cost-effective data storage infrastructure, visualization environment, and compute technology.
  • The solution is available today in configurations priced from $120,000.

Sources:

  • PR Newswire-FirstCall, "Silicon Graphics and MSC.Software Unveil Comprehensive Virtual Product Development Solution"
  • SGI Press Release, "Silicon Graphics and MSC.Software Unveil Comprehensive Virtual Product Development Solution"
  • MSC.Software Corporation, "MSC Software and Intel Corporations Partner to Deliver Comprehensive Virtual Product Development Solutions"
  • Intel Corporation, "Intel and SGI Partner to Deliver Comprehensive Virtual Product Development Solutions"