Nextira, part of Accenture, and AMD are partnering to release a user-friendly, cost-efficient solution called the Accenture HPC Accelerator on the AWS Marketplace that enables clients to preconfigure and create high-performance compute (HPC) clusters supercharged by the latest generations of AMD EPYC™ CPUs, and using Accenture's reference base HPC architecture for ParallelCluster. This app's simple UI creates a cluster in AWS ParallelCluster and comes preinstalled with OpenFOAM for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) workloads.

To get started, connect your active AWS account in the Accenture HPC Accelerator and begin configuring your cluster. The Accenture HPC Accelerator guides you through the HPC cluster creation process and provides the optimal AMD hardware options for your workload. Once your cluster is configured, the Accenture HPC Accelerator will automatically deploy your cluster, then provide you with a link to login to the cluster and begin running and visualizing your workloads.

What is AWS ParallelCluster?

AWS ParallelCluster is a free, open-source tool that helps you deploy and manage HPC clusters on AWS. Networking, storage and compute are all automatically tailored for CFD use cases.

What is OpenFOAM?

OpenFOAM is a free, open-source computational fluid dynamics software used by a wide range of engineers and scientists in a variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, marine and energy. OpenFOAM has a powerful and flexible set of features that allow it to solve a wide range of fluid flow problems, including those involving complex geometries, chemical reactions and turbulence.

Accenture HPC Accelerator Benefits -

• Accelerate Cluster Creation - Configure and deploy an HPC Cluster within AWS ParallelCluster in less than an hour without authoring any configuration files or code.
• Simple UI - Easy-to-use creation and launch process with step-by-step instructions, including a one-click solution to access your cluster.
• Powered by AMD - Run your HPC cluster with speed and cost-efficiency utilizing the latest generations of AMD EPYC™ CPUs.

• Aerospace
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
• Automotive
• Engineering
• Higher Education and Research
• Silicon Chip and Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
• Manufacturing
• Oil and Gas/Energy

• An active AWS account.