{"id":47381,"date":"2023-02-01T02:31:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T07:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/?p=47381"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:31:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:31:56","slug":"an-engineers-guide-to-the-cfd-hardware-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/an-engineers-guide-to-the-cfd-hardware-galaxy\/","title":{"rendered":"An engineer\u2019s guide to the CFD hardware galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A tower, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an engineer can have.<\/p>\nClark F. Douglas<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In the last decade, computing hardware for simulation software has greatly diversified. Engineers, IT specialists and companies struggle to find the devices best suited for their use cases. So, what is the right choice in an ever expanding hardware universe? Although there is no such thing as one answer to such a generic question, I tried to find one myself on the route through the CFD hardware universe\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Purpose of Salary from a CFD Engineer\u2019s Perspective<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When the sun sets, the CFD work is done. Taking a last pleased glimpse at my still running simulation’s (currently) falling residuals, I leave my workplace. But what does the CFD engineer do at the end of the working day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, on some occasions, I fire up my private workstation. As a tech enthusiast, I spend some of the money hard-earned with CFD on my private hardware\u2026 so that I can do some CFD!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Perpetual<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Simply buying any CFD hardware and just running anything is not my style. It might make the decision either ineffective or cost inefficient. For me personally, this might be a loss of some time, some money \u2013 but for companies this failure can be of a totally different order of magnitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I take close consideration before I decide on CFD hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n