In Zhuhai Gree Electric Co., Ltd., a diversified global industrial conglomerate, Inspur TS10000 high-performance computing clusters are assisting the Gree Supercomputer Center in escorting production R&D, completing air-conditioning fans, wind blades, and duct flow fields. Vibration noise, strength, durability, collision and protection, pipe heat exchange and mold flow, electromagnetic interference and centrifuge system and other aspects of the simulation analysis, with more humane, high-quality, intelligent products, continue to outline the future of smart life The beautiful scene, at the same time, also explored the commanding heights of the next generation of manufacturing industry for Gree Electric Appliances, and supported and served the 'China Manufacturing 2025' and 'Internet Plus' national strategies to provide strong support.
Zhuhai Gree Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. Headquarters
The use of supercomputers far exceeds humans' powerful computing capabilities to assist in product R&D. It has become a common choice for many of the world's top manufacturers. Gree Electric is China's first home appliance manufacturer to use CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) in product development. One of the enterprises. In the initial stage of Gree's technology accumulation, using a single PC to run CAE can better meet the speed and quality requirements of R&D. With Gree's mature and increasingly large-scale technology system, the company's technological innovation capabilities have entered. From the stage of “quantity change” to “quality change”, the speed of technological innovation needs to be improved. However, due to the limited computing resources, many of the technical ideas and solutions proposed by R&D personnel want to use CAE for simulation analysis. The 'queuing' approach turns to verification, and the lack of computational power also makes the process of simulation analysis unbearable.
Gree Electric Computer Center Minister Ke Dong recalled: 'With the continuous expansion of our R & D team, there will be more than a dozen or even dozens of technical solutions every day need to be verified on the CAE simulation analysis platform. For example, we will have a few products of the same One or more than a dozen programs need to be validated by the CAE simulation analysis platform before they can select the best solution to start prototype production. At the same time, in order to ensure accuracy, each program needs to perform 5-6 verifications. We don't have enough computing power to support the product's innovation speed and quality are difficult to guarantee.
Gree Electric Appliance Center
As everyone knows, the competition for technology patents is a typical 'zero-sum game'. Who can take the lead in completing the research and development of technologies and patent applications, who will be able to build barriers to patents that are difficult to break through, and establish a huge competitive advantage. Always dedicated to mastering core technologies For Gree Electric Appliances, the speed of innovation is just as important as the ability to innovate. To that end, Gree Electric Appliances decided to focus on building its own supercomputing center. By introducing the latest supercomputing technology, it will provide a unified and powerful computing platform for the company's technology research and development.
After careful comparison, Gree finally chose the leading supercomputing platform solution provided by Inspur. For the reasons for choosing the wave, Minister Ke admitted frankly: 'Inspur is very professional and has done a very detailed analysis of the application features and bottlenecks of CAE software. , And gives the corresponding solution. At the same time, in the implementation of the project, also sent a team of engineering and experts to work with us to optimize the entire super-computing platform, to achieve the best level of computing efficiency.
Gree Electric Appliance Center
At present, Gree Electric Appliances Supercomputing Center has undergone two phases of construction, with a total computing power of more than one billion times. CAE's computing speed has been increased by 300%. The new product development cycle has been shortened by about 10%. CAE's application level has been greatly improved. Meanwhile, Gree's The appliance also integrates the calculation of general-purpose simulation applications into the supercomputer center, greatly reducing daily operation and maintenance, reducing operation and maintenance costs, and improving the overall operation and maintenance efficiency by more than 50%. In addition to supporting product research and development, Inspur's AI supercomputers are also Assisting Gree in the R&D of industrial robots and promoting the realization of the goal of the global intelligent manufacturing demonstration base.
With the proposal of the “Made in China 2025” national strategy, Gree Electric insists on independent innovation, masters core technology, continuously improves the level of Chinese manufacturing, and lets the world fall in love with China!