Cadence unveils AI for jet design software

Cadence Design Systems has announced the development of a new supercomputer system that utilizes AI technology for simulating airflow over aircraft and other equipment.

Cadence’s latest innovation, the Millennium M1 system, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up testing and identify potential improvements, optimizing engineering performance. It not only accelerates testing processes but also serves as an intelligent tool for optimizing overall engineering performance.

Leveraging artificial intelligence, the advanced system goes beyond just expediting tests; it sifts through vast amounts of generated data, using its capabilities to identify potential improvements that may have been overlooked by time-constrained engineers.

“There’s no human that’s reading all of the results of those simulations, and some of the design innovations that are buried in there are going be teased out,” Ham said in an interview.

Cadence declined to comment on the cost of the system. It will both sell and rent the system depending on a customer’s preferences, and it is available immediately.

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Cadence produces physics simulation software to test fluid dynamics, competing against Ansys. Synopsys recently acquired Ansys for $35 billion after Cadence expressed an acquisition interest in Ansys.

According to Frank Ham, the vice president of research and development for computational fluid dynamics at Cadence, physics simulation software like Cadence’s demands an enormous amount of computing power. As a result, aircraft designers and other engineers often struggle to test every aspect of their designs while still meeting business deadlines.

Cadence is renowned for its software that aids in the design of computer chips. The precise arrangement of tens of billions of minute electrical switches, known as transistors, can either make or break a chip’s speed and competitiveness.

The San Jose-based company is competing with Synopsys to integrate chip design software with mechanical system design and testing apps.