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Ansys Computing Platform Support: August 2024 for Intel & AMD 64-bit x86 processors

Ansys is committed to providing timely releases of high-quality software products on current computing platforms that are well-
suited for engineering simulations. We monitor industry trends and customer needs to select the most effective computing
platforms to certify and support, periodically eliminating support for aging platforms and adding support for new platforms. This
document provides a high-level summary of our current platform support strategy and near-term plans.

See ansys.com> Customer Center> Support> More Support> Platform Support (https://www.ansys.com/it-solutions/platform-
support) for the most recent version of this document.

Ansys General Platform Support Strategy

• We focus on support of Windows and Linux operating systems, running on x86 processors from Intel and AMD. These are
the dominant platforms for engineering simulation today. A small number of products also support ARM 64 processors
(aarch64 architecture) on select operating systems. See the ARM 64 processors support document in the Ansys
Announcements section of the Platform Support webpage.

• We support Enterprise editions of Linux from Red Hat and SUSE. Enterprise Linux versions are chosen because they
provide long-term operating system stability and product maintainability.

• As we increase our focus on virtual computing and pervasive engineering simulation, we aim to add platforms well-suited to
these environments, including proven open-source options.

Ansys 2024 R2 Supported Platforms

2024 R2 is the latest Ansys release. The specific operating system versions supported by each Ansys product can be found at
ansys.com> Customer Center> Support> More Support> Platform Support (https://www.ansys.com/it-solutions/platform-
support).

Ansys 2024 R2 includes support for the following:

• Windows 10 (64-bit Professional, Enterprise and Education editions, including FIPS mode support for most products)
• Windows 11 (64-bit Professional, Enterprise and Education editions, including FIPS mode support for most products)
• Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition (64-bit)
• Windows Server 2022 Standard Edition (64-bit) excluding HPC support
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 9.3, and 9.4 (64-bit)
• SUSE Enterprise Linux Server & Desktop (SLES/SLED) 15 SP3, SP4, and SP5 (64-bit)
• Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04
• Rocky Linux 8.9, 8.10, 9.3, and 9.4

The following Windows 10 versions, available via the Microsoft General Availability Channel, are supported at the time of
release: 22H2.

The following Windows 11 versions, available via the Microsoft General Availability Channel, are supported at the time of
release: 23H2. and 22H2.

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 Table 1 Ansys Roadmap 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Windows R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1
Windows 10 
Professional, Enterprise & Education          
editions
Windows 11           
Windows 12           
Windows Server 2016           
Standard edition
Windows Server 2019         **  
Standard edition
Windows Server 2022     1 1 1 1 * * *
Standard edition
Windows Server 2025          * *
Standard edition
 Ansys Applications and License Manager * If feasible, HPC pack will be supported ** limited support
1 HPC Pack 2019 can be used for Server 2022 with the following limitation: "Windows Server 2022 is supported for head node role only
with .Net Framework 4.8 cumulative update August 9, 2022-KB5015733 or later applied to all cluster nodes and clients that are on
Windows Server 2022.
Ansys Student licensing is only available on Windows 10 and Windows 11 platform (64-bit, Professional, Enterprise and
Educational editions). For more information, see ansys.com> Students and Academic (https://www.ansys.com/academic)

Table 2 Ansys Roadmap 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Red Hat Enterprise Linux R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1
RHEL 6      
    
Semiconductor applications only
RHEL 7.6 Enterprise           
RHEL 7.7 Enterprise           
RHEL 7.8 Enterprise           
RHEL 7.9 Enterprise           
RHEL 8.1 Enterprise           
RHEL 8.2 Enterprise           
RHEL 8.3 Enterprise           
RHEL 8.4 Enterprise           
RHEL 8.5 Enterprise           
RHEL 8.6 Enterprise         * * *
RHEL 8.7 Enterprise           
RHEL 8.8 Enterprise      **   * * *
RHEL 8.9 Enterprise       **    
RHEL 8.10 Enterprise        ** * * *
RHEL 9.3 Enterprise           
RHEL 9.4 Enterprise        ** * * *
RHEL 9.5 Enterprise           
RHEL 9.6 Enterprise           *
RHEL 9.7 Enterprise           
 Ansys Applications and License Manager * If feasible ** post-release

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Table 3 Ansys Roadmap
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
SUSE Linux Enterprise
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1
Desktop
SLES 11 SP 3/4     
     
Semiconductor applications only
SLES / SLED 12 SP 2           
SLES / SLED 12 SP 3           
SLES / SLED 12 SP 4           
SLES / SLED 12 SP 5           
SLES / SLED 15 SP 1           
SLES / SLED 15 SP 2           
SLES / SLED 15 SP 3           
SLES / SLED 15 SP 4           
SLES / SLED 15 SP 5         * * *
SLES / SLED 15 SP 6          * *
SLES / SLED 16 SP 0          * *
SLES / SLED 16 SP 1           *
 Ansys Applications and License Manager * If feasible

Table 4 Ansys Roadmap 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Linux: Community Enterprise OS R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
CentOS 6    
      
Semiconductor applications only
CentOS 7.4           
CentOS 7.5           
CentOS 7.6           
CentOS 7.7           
CentOS 7.8           
CentOS 7.9           
CentOS 8.1           
CentOS 8.2           
CentOS 8.3           
 Ansys Applications and License Manager * If feasible 

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Replacement support for CentOS announcement
Starting with release 2022 R2, ANSYS, Inc. began supporting the long-term support releases of the Ubuntu Linux operating
system.

Developed largely using free and open-source software, Ubuntu is supported as an alternative following the recently announced
termination of CentOS (Community Enterprise Operating System). See https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/

CentOS 7 is no longer supported as of release 2024 R1. No newer versions of CentOS 7 will be supported by Ansys.

CentOS 8 is no longer supported as of release 2023 R1. No newer versions of CentOS 8 will be supported by Ansys.

Table 5 Ansys Roadmap           

Linux: 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Ubuntu LTS Desktop / Server R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1
18.04 “Bionic Beaver”           
20.04 “Focal Fossa”           
22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish”           
24.04 “Noble Numbat”           
 Ansys Applications and License Manager * If feasible

Starting with release 2024 R2, ANSYS, Inc. will begin supporting the Rocky Linux operating system.

The scope of support is contingent on the Rocky version policy that “when a new minor release arrives, all previous
updates/versions are not carried over.”

Table 6 Ansys Roadmap           

Linux: 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029

Rocky Linux TM R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1
8.9 “Green Obsidian”           
8.10 “Green Obsidian”  ** * * *      
9.3 “Blue Onyx”           
9.4 “Blue Onyx”  ** * * *      
9.5 “Blue Onyx”           
9.6 “Blue Onyx”     *      
9.7 “Blue Onyx”           
 Ansys Applications and License Manager * If feasible ** post-release

The information in the above six roadmap tables represents Ansys' current view of its product support platform and availability
dates. It is intended for informational purposes only and subject to change at any time without prior notification. When available,
updated versions of this document will be published on ansys.com.

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AMD Central Processing Unit Performance
The performance of AMD 64-bit x86 processors is enhanced with AMD Optimizing CPU Libraries (AOCL). To date the direct
matrix solver in the HFSS product supports the AMD Zen4 AVX512 CPU, resulting in enhanced performance. Ansys products
pending support of the AVX512 CPU include those shown in the table below.

HFSS Q3D PSI SIwave Maxwell

AMD optimized yes* no no no no

AVX512 no* no no no no

* Support vector instruction sizes of up to 256

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Ansys 2024 R2 supports the following Virtual Desktop Infrastructure:

• VMware Horizon View (Windows 10 / 11, Server 2019 / 2022, Red Hat 8 / 9, SLES 15, and Ubuntu 20.02 / 22.04)
with VMware vSphere ESXI (Hypervisor Layer)
• Citrix Virtual Desktop (Windows 10 and Server 2019 / 2022) with Citrix Hypervisor
• NICE DCV (Red Hat 8 / 9, SLES 15, Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04) with VMware vSphere ESXI or Citrix Hypervisor GPU
Pass-Through only

For more detailed support information and specific versions tested, see the Ansys 2024 R2 – Remote Display and Virtual Desktop
Support table at ansys.com> Customer Center> Support> More Support> Platform Support (https://www.ansys.com/it-
solutions/platform-support).

Compilers
To take advantage of improving compiler technologies, Ansys updates supported compilers from time to time. The following
compilers are supported for user-programmable features and functions at Ansys 2024 R2:

• Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0.22 (Windows)

• GCC 8.2 (Linux)
• Intel OneAPI 2023.1.0 Classic C/C++ compiler, version 2021.9.0 (Linux and Windows)
• Intel OneAPI 2023.1.0 Classic FORTRAN compiler, 2021.9.0 (Linux and Windows)

Ansys Quality Assurance Services

Typically, QA Services and the associated Verification Testing Packages will be available for the same platforms as Ansys 2024
R2. Contact the ANSYS, Inc. Corporate Quality Group at [email protected] for information about ANSYS, Inc.'s
QA Services.

Feedback
For questions about this document, or if you have platforms that you would like us to consider supporting in the future, you can
e-mail those requests to [email protected]. Your feedback is important to us and will determine our future platform
support plans.

Please do not use this address if you need technical support. Contact your technical support team directly.