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SANTA ANA, CA -- MSC.Software (NYSE:MNS), a leading global provider of simulation software, services and systems, today announced a collaboration with Intel to develop and market the new Design Chain Accelerator (DCA) solution on Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processors and the 64-bit Intel(R) Itanium(TM) processor family. The DCA is a high performance computing solution, which can help manufacturers and researchers dramatically enhance the efficiency of complex engineering and scientific analysis. "By offering the Design Chain Accelerator on the Intel platform, we can provide an extremely cost effective, high performance computing environment to our customers running structural analysis, crash and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) applications among others," said Frank Perna, chairman and CEO of MSC.Software. "The Design Chain Accelerator increases business productivity by speeding up design cycles, enabling better designed products and faster time to market. This collaboration will help MSC.Software continue our strong push into the rapidly growing High Performance Computing market." MSC.Software will help companies implement DCA through an "Intel Solution Blueprint" -- an Intel program that provides manufacturers with a documented source of proven, validated business solutions built on Intel Architecture. These pre-configured solutions help manufacturers to reduce risk and cost, while allowing enough flexibility to support unique needs. The complete DCA solution is a combination of computer hardware with Intel processors, MSC software and middleware, the MSC.Linux operating system, and systems integration and support services. The DCA solution is standards based, works with existing enterprise applications, and is integrated by MSC.Software systems and services professionals with decades of hardware tuning and software optimization experience. "We are excited to work with MSC.Software to make Intel Architecture the platform of choice for the Design Chain Accelerator," said John Davies, vice president, Intel Solutions Market Development Group. "Today's businesses demand both uncompromising performance and cost-effectiveness -- especially in the product design and engineering world. We believe this collaborative effort with MSC.Software will help make manufacturers more competitive." For additional information on the Design Chain Accelerator, visit MSC.Software at www.mscsoftware.com/hpc. For more information about Intel's offerings for High Performance Computing platforms, processors and interconnect/networking technology, go to www.intel.com/go/hpc.