Intel Helps BMW Sauber F1 Team Move Up the Starting Grid

Overview

Like its competitors, the BMW Sauber F1 Team's success depends heavily on the aerodynamic design of its racing cars - essential in a sport where the difference between success and defeat can be a tenth of a second. Together with Intel, the team looks continuously at ways in which technology can improve the design process, ultimately moving it further up the grid in the Constructors' Championship. Over a four-month period, the BMW Sauber F1 Team and Intel evaluated the performance of the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5100 series to power the team's supercomputer cluster. They found that the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5100 series performed three times faster than the existing server processor running FLUENT - the team's CFD application.