CPUs have an extremely small amount of memory that they can access immediately. To get an idea why this is, it is useful to consider how the CPU works. If your operating system runs out of memory it will fall back to using the hard drive as ‘virtual’ memory, which will have a catastrophic effect on system performance.
In terms of the effect of memory on performance, you either have enough or you don’t.
EMAG products more often require more memory and 100+GB is recommended. As of 2016, 64GB of memory has been sufficient for 90% of the FEA and CFD projects completed by OEI engineers. The actual memory required for a particular problem will depend on the mesh, physical models that are enabled, and domain complexity. It is best to have as much memory as financially feasible. MemoryĪ minimum of 16GB of memory is recommended.
#ANSYS APDL STUDENT VERSION WINDOWS#
For more than two physical CPUs, a Windows Server or Linux OS is needed. Keep in mind that Windows 7/8/10 only support a maximum of two physical CPUs. CPUs today are almost twice as fast as CPUs from 3 years ago listed at the same clockspeed. Always try to get the most recent architecture version of the CPU, even if the clockspeed or number of cores don’t seem to be improved. Hyper threading will not improve the speed of simulations, always evaluate the number of physical cores for Ansys simulation. The latest 64-bit multi-core Intel Xeon and AMD processors with the highest clockspeed and core counts available are recommended.
#ANSYS APDL STUDENT VERSION WINDOWS 10#
Ansys Mechanical Ansys Fluent Most of our customers successfully run Ansys software on Windows 10 on Workstations. OS Platform Support | OS Platform Support – By ApplicationĪnsys products are supported on 64-bit operating systems. If you have or will obtain in the future 32 or more parallel licenses (HPC Packs or Enterprise Licenses) and have one or more users that need to submit jobs using a higher core count than what is available on current Workstations we tend to recommend servers (or a cluster) and a supported Job Scheduler is required. Please consult Ansys if you are considering Quad-Core. NOTE: Quad Core Sockets – In many cases Ansys does not recommend quad core socket systems because of memory bandwidth. Our engineers tend to work with multiple monitors to efficiently move between applications. Accessories – A 3D mouse helps navigate complex models.Interconnects – High-speed interconnects (Mellanox Infiniband) enable clustering.Other Ansys applications can take advantage of GPU hardware to speed up solutions. GPU – Ansys Discovery Live requires an appropriate GPU to run.Graphics – A discrete workstation graphics card is recommended to interact seamlessly with complex models.Storage – Determines how much data can be held on the system, and how quickly it can be input/read.A good metric to compare between CPU options is (Clock Speed * Number of Cores / Cost). CPU – Number of cores and clock speed determines how quickly a model can be solved.