NeiNastran Supports 64-Bit Computing

64-Bit Intel Itanium2 and AMD Opteron processors provide increased productivity while offering a low cost analysis solution.

Westminster, CA. November 10, 2004. Noran Engineering, Inc. a leader in developing Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) software today announced that NeiNastran V8.3 has now been ported to the Intel Itanium 2 and the AMD Opteron 64-bit CPUs running the RedHat Linux operating system.

NE/Nastran is part of Noran Engineering's complete suite of analysis software: linear and nonlinear statics, dynamics, heat transfer, fluid flow, fatigue, optimization and more. This easy-to-use, versatile solution handles complex structural, dynamics and heat transfer analysis problems on everything from laptops, desktop Pcs to heavy-duty engineering workstations.

The Intel Itanium 2 and AMD Opteron processors allow companies to expand the use of CAE software without the higher cost that other computer platforms offer. These processors allow customers a migration path from 32-bit computing to 64-bit. Customers taking advantage of this price performance solution can expect at least 2x increase in speed while performing linear and nonlinear solutions.

Over the next few months Noran Engineering will deliver NeiNastran on numerous platforms and operating systems. The following shows the supported platforms and those under development.

32-Bit Operating Systems

• Windows 2000/NT - IA-32 (Pentium 4)
• Windows XP - IA-32
• Linux - IA-32
• SGI - IRIX - MIPS 

64-Bit Operating Systems 

• Linux - iA64 (Itanium)
• Linux - AMD64 
• SGI - IRIX - MIPS 
• AIX - IBM - PowerPC 

Under Development

• Windows XP - IA64 (Itanium) 
• MAC OS X - MAC - PowerPC G5

About Noran Engineering, Inc. 

Noran Engineering (NEi) leads the engineering software industry with a range of high performance analysis tools priced for various budgets and analysis needs. All are backed by Nei's exceptional reputation for technical support. The core product, NeiNastran, performs structural, dynamic, and heat transfer finite element analysis (FEA) on very large, complex models. Of significance to today's market, Noran Engineering is extending analysis capabilities to designers with products like NeiWorks� for SolidWorks�. Nei offers a complete suite of analysis software: linear and nonlinear statics, dynamics, heat transfer, fluid flow, fatigue, composite tools, and optimization. Since its launch in 1991, NeiNastran has developed a diverse user base in the aerospace, automotive, maritime, military, medical, and consumer product industries. Nei software runs on Windows, Linux, and UNIX platforms in both stand-alone and networked configurations. 

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