[freebeard]

Interesting... There is an online CFD forum.

https://www.cfd-online.com/Wiki/K-epsilon_models

One can acquire a point cloud with a smart phone. A render-farm of ARM Cortex-A72 4-core compute modules would be $30 x (120/4) = $900 plus supporting hardware.

A high-end i7 processor has a maximum TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 130 watts. The average ARM-based chip uses just two watts max budget for the multi-core CPU cluster, two watts for the GPU and maybe 0.5 watts for the MMU and the rest of the SoC!
http://www.androidauthority.com/arms...ent-processing

Admittedly, the DELL system probably has loaded-up PCI-e slots. But having the RAM distributed over the SOCs has to reduce latency, no?

With something like 36,000 EcoModder members, we might swing enough donations for the software. A cheap cup of coffee per member.

If the Smartmatic/Dominion kerfluffle has taught us anything, it's the importance of Free and Open Source software.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcenter_STAR-CCM%2B sez there exists a Linux version. I can find mention of the COMOS site licensing mechanism, but I haven't dug deeper, it's too sunny outside.

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