On 14 Dec, Albert2 - the fastest Supercomputer in Europe and the third fastest worldwide used in industry - was delivered to the BMW Sauber F1 Team for their demanding work in aerodynamics. With over 12 Teraflops peak performance the system ranks 60th on the Supercomputer TOP500 November 2006 list.
BMW Sauber F1 Team uses FLUENT® CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) code, one of the most powerful and widely used CFD tools in Formula One racing. FLUENT technology can be applied to a number of areas of the racing car, allowing team engineers to quickly and accurately test a number of possible designs before developing only the most promising for wind tunnel testing.