Nvidia Blackwell accelerates computer-aided engineering software by 50X

Nvidia announced that Nvidia Blackwell hardware will accelerate by 50 times the big computer-aided software engineering firms’ software for digital twins. The vendors include Ansys, Altair, Cadence, Siemens and Synopsys. With such accelerated software, along with Nvidia CUDA-X libraries and blueprints to optimize performance such as automotive, aerospace, energy, manufacturing and life sciences can significantly reduce product development time, cut costs and increase design accuracy while maintaining energy efficiency. “CUDA-accelerated physical simulation on Nvidia Blackwell has enhanced real-time digital twins and is reimagining the entire engineering process,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, in a statement. “The day is coming when virtually all products will be created and brought to life as a digital twin long before it is realized physically.” The company unveiled the news during Huang’s keynote at the GTC 2025 event. As noted in my recent Q&A with Ansys CTO Prith ... Read full article.