Cost, product quality, and productivity are the three main pillars in the manufacturing industry; greater efficiency in all three pillars will be a never -ending journey. Advanced technologies and services can have a transformative effect on all three pillars, which substantially increase the profits of manufacturing companies.
In general, manufacturing companies are turning to High Performance Computing to support a variety of workloads in the manufacturing domain, including Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), Electronic Design Automation (EDA), and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) workloads.
High -performance computing can help manufacturers at every stage of product development, from running advanced design simulations to automating processes and predicting maintenance problems.
There are several solutions with different capabilities to accommodate very specific workloads. At AMD alone, customers can choose from the line of EPYC processors, the line of Ryzen Threadripper PRO and now, the AMD EPYC 7003 processor with AMD 3D V-Cache technology.
Data centers powered by AMD EPYC processors help deliver unmatched performance and scalability to CAE and EDA virtual workloads of all sizes. AMD EPYC processors are designed to increase the computational throughput of workload simulation techniques such as CAE, and EDA by reducing latency that affects design cycle times, contributing to better product design and higher quality.
The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO processor brings up to 64 cores for multithread simulation and rendering with the advantage of cores that have high frequency capabilities for light workloads, helping organizations complete the most demanding design projects.
However, to find the most optimal balance between cost, product quality, and productivity, it is important for business leaders to identify the various workloads in a specific manufacturing process, evaluate the extent to which each workload is used and invest in specific work tools.
Evaluating the extent to which each workload is used in the organization will allow business leaders to identify the appropriate workload -specific tools to improve overall business operations. This is where expert consulting will be an investment with significant ROI.
Other Considerations: Power Reduction and Security
While the points mentioned above have technical aspects of the manufacturing industry and the role of technology in increasing double workloads, there are various other considerations that can lead to a better cost-quality-productivity balance, including energy efficiency and safety considerations.
Reduced Power
Regarding energy reductions, this is a key consideration with significant long -term positive impacts not only on the environment, but also on the organization's Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). As an illustration, the AMD EPYC 7003 Series processor with AMD 3D V-Cache uses up to 30% less power, and will allow savings of about 123.53 Metric Tons of CO2 which is an estimated carbon uptake equivalent to 49 hectares of U.S. forests per year.
Not only that, with the power efficiency provided by the AMD EPYC 7003 Series processor with AMD 3D V-Cache, server usage is up to 30% less and a 3-year TCO reduction of up to 30% percent compared to servers without V-Cache technology.
Peace
Improving security is an ever -expanding endeavor, especially for the manufacturing industry. As smart factory initiatives continue to grow across the global footprint of manufacturers, the risks of cyberspace are expected to continue to increase.
In fact, according to a study by Deloitte and the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), forty -eight percent of manufacturers surveyed identified operational risks, including cybersecurity, as the biggest danger to smart factory initiatives.
The study also noted that many manufacturing companies are seeing an increase in cyberspace -related incidents related to control systems used to manage industrial operations.
Because many smart plant use cases are still in the planning and early stages, now is the time to align these projects with cyber risk programs.
Built-in at the silicon level, AMD Infinity Guard offers the advanced capabilities needed to help withstand internal and external threats and help keep your data safe with almost zero impact on system performance.