Hope this is not a repost. Following Ferrari, Sauber become another F1 team using AMD technology. From F1live
"Sauber has done a deal with Ferrari computer sponsor AMD.
The Swiss-based team, which runs customer-supplied Ferrari engines, said it would use AMD chip technology to compliment its new aerodynamic wind tunnel.
"Aero and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) are becoming increasingly important in Formula One," team Principal Peter Sauber said on Wednesday."
In case you don't know how AMD work w/ Ferrari, a user at F1live post a very good artical
Computers Chase the Checkered Flag
By JOHN MARKOFF
MONTREAL, June 13 - The buttons, knobs and levers on Michael Schumacher's steering wheel offer stark evidence of the way computing has transformed Grand Prix auto racing.
The wheel, about half the size of those in most passenger cars, is essentially a computer, with electronic controls governing hundreds of elements of the car's performance and a display giving Schumacher an instant reading on his status, from his lap speed to his location on a course map.
And Schumacher, who won the Canadian Grand Prix here on Sunday, personifies a new breed of racers whose success hinges as much on his mastery of computerized systems as on his driving skill.
Before each race, he said, "I sit with the engineers and combine the feeling I have as a driver with what they are seeing in the data" - data allowing simulations of all manner of situations that Schumacher might face.
Once in the driver's seat, he sits alone. But as he races, his Ferrari team can track even the most minute aspect of the competition, capturing data in multi-megabyte wireless bursts each time the team's cars flash past the pits, often in excess of 200 miles an hour.
The data is transmitted to a computer center in the team's garage on the pit lane, where it is analyzed by more than a dozen technicians. It is simultaneously sent over the Internet to a larger data center in Maranello, Italy, where more complex analysis is done to help the team boss, Jean Todt, plot strategy from his seat in front of a computer screen on the pit wall and talk by radio with the drivers.
"Sauber has done a deal with Ferrari computer sponsor AMD.
The Swiss-based team, which runs customer-supplied Ferrari engines, said it would use AMD chip technology to compliment its new aerodynamic wind tunnel.
"Aero and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) are becoming increasingly important in Formula One," team Principal Peter Sauber said on Wednesday."
In case you don't know how AMD work w/ Ferrari, a user at F1live post a very good artical
Computers Chase the Checkered Flag
By JOHN MARKOFF
MONTREAL, June 13 - The buttons, knobs and levers on Michael Schumacher's steering wheel offer stark evidence of the way computing has transformed Grand Prix auto racing.
The wheel, about half the size of those in most passenger cars, is essentially a computer, with electronic controls governing hundreds of elements of the car's performance and a display giving Schumacher an instant reading on his status, from his lap speed to his location on a course map.
And Schumacher, who won the Canadian Grand Prix here on Sunday, personifies a new breed of racers whose success hinges as much on his mastery of computerized systems as on his driving skill.
Before each race, he said, "I sit with the engineers and combine the feeling I have as a driver with what they are seeing in the data" - data allowing simulations of all manner of situations that Schumacher might face.
Once in the driver's seat, he sits alone. But as he races, his Ferrari team can track even the most minute aspect of the competition, capturing data in multi-megabyte wireless bursts each time the team's cars flash past the pits, often in excess of 200 miles an hour.
The data is transmitted to a computer center in the team's garage on the pit lane, where it is analyzed by more than a dozen technicians. It is simultaneously sent over the Internet to a larger data center in Maranello, Italy, where more complex analysis is done to help the team boss, Jean Todt, plot strategy from his seat in front of a computer screen on the pit wall and talk by radio with the drivers.
