STAR-CCM+ Power on Demand (PoD) License
The most powerful pay-as-you-go CFD software license on the market: pre-paid, usage-based hours that let you run unlimited Simcenter STAR-CCM+ sessions on an unlimited number of CPU or GPU cores. Every PoD hour is a Power Session Plus hour, so GPU solving is included.
Hour Bundles Sized to Your Workload (e.g., 100 / 500 / 2500 hours)
Discounts Available for First Time STAR-CCM+ Customers, Startups, Longer Term Agreements, and ANSYS Conversions
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is a multiphysics CFD software enabling simulation engineers to model the complexity and explore the possibilities of products operating under real-world conditions.
Package Description:
A Power on Demand (PoD) License of Simcenter STAR-CCM+: Allows an unlimited number of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ sessions to be open, each using an unlimited number of CPU or GPU cores. Each PoD hour is a Power Session Plus hour, so every session includes all pre- and post-processing, the full range of multiphysics capabilities, and CPU or GPU solving. Sessions can run interactively or in batch on local or remote compute resources. Each open session debits hours from your purchased bank on a wall-clock basis, and unused hours expire 12 months after purchase.
Why Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Power on Demand?
High-Performance Computing (HPC) accelerates the pace of product development, but the cost of software has become the limiting factor in its use. The STAR-CCM+ Power on Demand license allows users to deploy all of their available hardware resources at a fixed, per-hour price.
STAR-CCM+ is one of the few CFD software programs that scales efficiently to tens of thousands of CPU and GPU cores, so a simulation can finish in a small fraction of the time on a thousand cores compared with ten. Faster simulations allow engineers to focus more on design exploration and less on waiting for results, enabling a more effective and shorter product development cycle.
In essence, a STAR-CCM+ Power on Demand license offers a powerful and flexible licensing option for high-performance computing, enabling users to leverage unlimited computing resources to accelerate their simulation workflows and improve product design outcomes.
Key Features:
With PoD, you buy a pool of hours that is valid for 12 months, and you only use hours while sessions are open. That makes it a good fit for occasional large-scale simulations or variable workloads. Unused hours expire at the end of the 12 months.
PoD allows you to use any number of cores for a simulation, but the hour consumption is independent of the core count, meaning that 1 simulation run on 1 core consumes hours at the same rate as 1 simulation on 1,000 cores or on GPUs.
PoD provides flexibility in accessing high-performance computing resources without the commitment of a full Power Session license, making it cost-effective for projects requiring occasional bursts of large-scale simulations.
PoD is well-suited for organizations with fluctuating simulation workloads, allowing them to scale their computing resources up or down as needed without a multi-year commitment.