AMD's Epyc processors played a key role in Mercedes' 2020 and 2021 F1 championship successes

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Formula One is a data driven sport. Since the sport was taken over by Liberty Media, cost caps have been introduced, with limited track testing days and wind tunnel time. To get around this, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has become absolutely critical in order to deliver accurate aerodynamic simulations and data that hopefully correlates with on track performance. That means you need massive amounts of computational power.

AMD joined as a sponsor of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team at the beginning of 2020. AMD provides its Epyc server processors, Ryzen Pro laptops and various tools to assist with the running of the team. These systems that a key component of the performance of a modern F1 team.

AMD released a case study showing how its Epyc processors directly improved Mercedes' aerodynamic testing capacity, which factored into Mercedes-AMG Petronas winning its eighth Constructors’ Championship in 2021. According to AMD, Epyc processors delivered a 20 percent performance improvement in CFD calculation speed.

AMD's Epyc processors with their high core counts and scalability are well suited to highly parallel workloads. An F1 team such as Mercedes is likely developing its own in-house software that's coded to maximise the performance of its Epyc systems.

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Simon Williams, Head of Aero Development Software at Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 said: “There's also a regulation of how many geometries we can run in a certain period, which usually spans eight weeks. We're trying to maximize everything we can do in that