CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive

5 May 2005

Implementation Investments

ANSYS CFX To Streamline Disk Drive Development at Samsung Information Systems America (SISA)

ANSYS, Inc. announced that Samsung Information Systems America (SISA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., LTD and a world-leading design center of hard disk drives, has chosen ANSYS CFX® software as its computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solution of choice. SISA plans to use ANSYS CFX to develop new generation disk drives. Ultimately, by utilizing ANSYS' leading simulation technology, SISA will save time and money on its disk drive design.

"ANSYS is proud to be able to provide industry-leading CFD technology to SISA for this important initiative," said Joseph C. Fairbanks Jr., vice president of global sales and support at ANSYS, Inc. "We worked very closely with Ozen Engineering, Inc., our very capable channel partner in this region. Their knowledge of the SISA requirements and technical expertise together with the capabilities of ANSYS CFX enabled us to provide this solution. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with SISA."

"We have come to respect ANSYS for its superior technology," said Dr. Hyung J. Lee, senior director of HDD Core Technology group at SISA. "And we trust that ANSYS will work with us to better meet our customers' needs. We expect to maximize the benefit of ANSYS CFX to eventually develop more sophisticated hard disk drives."

Samsung Information Systems America, Inc. (SISA), incorporated under California law in October 1988, is located in the heart of the Silicon Valley, with offices in Southern California and Minnesota. SISA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., LTD, a Korean-based electronics manufacturer. Its principal activities are researching "frontier" technology for creating new businesses and developing core technology for enhancing competitiveness of existing products, including cutting-edge hard disk drives.

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