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Project Nero - CFD

Scientific Computing

A Computational Fluid Dynamics implementation using GPUs to accelerate performance. Runs on Nutanix's hypervisor with NVIDIA A40 GPUs in an immersion cooling environment.

Nero is Ermes's research turned into a production deployment - the same immersion-cooling fluid dynamics understanding, now running real CFD workloads on Nutanix and NVIDIA A40 GPUs instead of a lab environment.

Project Nero

Key Technologies

CFD Nutanix NVIDIA A40 Ansys Fluent GPU Computing Immersion Cooling

Key Features

  • GPU-accelerated CFD simulations
  • Software-defined storage integration
  • Complex mesh file processing
  • High-performance compute optimization
  • First-of-its-kind immersion cooled CFD deployment

Results & Impact

Project Nero has delivered the following results:

  • 3.5x faster simulation times compared to traditional CPU-based solutions
  • Support for 45% larger and more complex fluid dynamics models
  • 38% reduction in energy consumption for equivalent workloads
  • Seamless integration with existing enterprise infrastructure
  • Demonstration of immersion cooling benefits in high-density computing environments