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Advanced Micro Devices said it has provided AMD Epyc processors to the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 racing team.
Santa Clara, California-based AMD said the Epyc processors enable improved aerodynamics testing capacity, contributing to the Mercedes-AMG Petronas team winning its eighth Constructors’ Championship in the 2021 racing season.
By using AMD Epyc processors, the team was able to achieve a 20% performance improvement for
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) workloads that were used to model and test the aerodynamic flow of the F1 car.
“We are proud to partner with the reigning Constructors’ Champions, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, operating at the cutting edge of racing and technology,” said, Dan McNamara, senior vice president and general manager of the server business unit at AMD, in a statement. “For F1 teams, having the most effective computational analysis of aerodynamics can mean the difference between winning and losing a race. With AMD Epyc processors, the Mercedes-AMG F1 team can iterate on vehicle design faster and more efficiently than their previous system.”
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With AMD, the team can push the boundaries on aerodynamics while staying within the price-performance required to meet budget regulations put in place by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). Aerodynamics are some of the most complex, technical workloads among F1 teams and require advanced processors and servers to run the
analyses and benchmarks.
The FIA has developed an intricate framework dictating how much CFD performance and wind tunnel time F1 teams are allowed to use, in an effort to avoid giving an unfair competitive advantage to the teams with more resources.
“AMD EPYC processors offer us a platform that delivers aerodynamic performance day after day at the highest possible level while meeting our goal of faster turnaround time for design iteration,” said Simon Williams, head of aero development software at Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1, in a statement. “Incredibly, we gained a 20% performance improvement over our previous system which has cut our CFD workload time in half. This is a big step compared to the past one or two percent gains seen with previous systems.”
AMD and Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team first announced a multi-year partnership in 2020, combining the two companies’ passion for extreme performance.
