AI Has Transformed the Industrial Sector, and AI-Driven System Design Is Leading the Way

Artificial intelligence (AI) has greatly transformed the industrial sector, bringing about revolutionary changes in energy-efficient manufacturing, industrial robotic systems, edge AI devices, logistics and inventory optimization, production line safety, and the data centers that support them. The future of the industrial sector is undoubtedly intertwined with the future of AI, and Cadence is equipped to provide comprehensive AI-driven tools.

Industrial companies can make the most of AI and machine learning (ML) capabilities to optimize design processes. This can be achieved through cloud-based mechanical design and generative capabilities coupled with multiphysics analysis for power, thermal, and electromagnetics. By leveraging these tools, companies can improve operational efficiency and output by utilizing automation to its fullest potential.

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AI-Powered Design Offers Automated Advantages for Multiple Industrial Applications

Accelerated Operational Processes

AI expedites design processes—helping to quickly analyze data, identify patterns, and generate optimized systems for manufacturing, facility operations, complex robotics, and more

Improved Efficiency and Optimization

ML algorithms are utilized to optimize the designs of industrial equipment and operations with regard to power consumption, performance, and area constraints

Customization and Adaptation

AI models continuously learn and adapt to changing data and industrial needs, ensuring scalable and flexible designs

Gain Predictive Insights

AI-driven design predicts, gathers data, diagnoses issues, and offers proactive solutions for better productivity and reliability of industrial equipment, operations, safety, and risk reduction

Comprehensive Set of Solutions for Industrial Chip and System Design

Keep up with the fast-changing industry with Cadence AI tools

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Cadence offers multiple computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools for aerodynamics, turbomachinery, and aeroacoustic design. The Cadence Millennium Enterprise Multiphysics Platform is the industry’s first CFD supercomputing platform that combines best-in-class CFD solvers such as the Cadence Fidelity LES solver for large eddy simulation, dedicated graphics processing unit (GPU) hardware, and AI technologies to design and analyze industrial applications.

Thermal and Power Management

Cadence offers multiple tools for thermal analysis and power management. Cadence Celsius Studio is the industry’s first complete AI-enabled thermal platform for electronic systems that converges electrothermal co-simulation, electronics cooling, and thermal stress into a single cohesive offering. This unified platform empowers designers to discover thermal integrity issues early in the design process and efficiently leverage generative AI optimization to uncover ideal thermal designs.

Cadence Voltus InsightAI seamlessly integrates generative AI technology to predict IR drop issues early in the design process and automatically improve the design, enabling fast, automated IR drop closure and improved productivity and enabling better power, performance, and area (PPA). It seamlessly integrates with the Cadence digital full flow to enable timing and design rule checking (DRC)-aware fixes to the design.

Hardware/Software Verification

Cadence emulation and prototyping systems help verify IP/SoC designs, system validation, hardware and software testing, and early software development. The Cadence Dynamic Duo hardware platforms and Cadence Helium Virtual Platform offer robust environments for system verification, reducing time-to-market and ensuring high-quality designs.

SoC Design

Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer is a machine learning-based chip design tool that optimizes power, performance, and area. It helps customers meet the demanding PPA and productivity requirements across multiple industrial market segments. The AI-driven tool integrates seamlessly with the standard production flow, including various tools and IP blocks, and can be customized to meet the preferences of multiple teams, helping them to tape out quickly and get to market faster.

Data Center Solutions

Revolutionize data centers for energy efficiency and AI empowerment with digital twin technology by harnessing the power of Cadence Reality DC Design, enabling designers to meet the unprecedented challenges of deploying new high-density IT configurations. This innovative solution utilizes physics-based simulation powered by CFD to create accurate virtual replicas of existing or future data centers. Dive into diverse design configurations and failure scenarios, crafting cutting-edge infrastructures or revitalizing legacy data centers.

Empower AI with advanced data center management solutions and unlock the potential of your data center as an AI powerhouse with Cadence Reality DC Insight. Seamlessly balance capacity utilization, energy efficiency, and downtime risk using our Cadence Reality DC Asset Twin and Cadence Reality DC Digital Twin modules. Visualize, validate IT placement, and optimize data center space and cooling for high density, ensuring optimal conditions for AI innovation. Access vital insights effortlessly, transforming your data center into a hub of AI-driven advancements.

AI IP Platform

The Cadence AI IP platform empowers SoC developers to design and deliver optimal solutions for a wide range of applications and markets, with IP options including Neo NPUs, Tensilica AI Base and AI Boost to meet the PPA demands behind the NeuroWeave SDK common software platform. These deliver the scalable and energy-efficient on-device to edge AI processing that is key to today’s increasingly ubiquitous AI/ML SoCs, meeting the market needs for a wide range of industrial applications.

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Compute IP

Differentiated hardware tailored to the application requirements is essential to achieve optimal performance and energy efficiency. Customers can quickly create differentiated, domain-specific processors for their application needs with the help of Cadence Compute IP, which includes Tensiica Xtensa extensible processors, Tensilica application-specific DSPs, Neo NPUs, and system IP with network on chip (NoC). Part of the Cadence.AI Generative AI Platform, this broad range of high-performance application-specific IP includes a comprehensive development toolchain and unparalleled support.

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Protocol IP

Cadence is a leader in semiconductor IP, addressing hyperscale computing, enterprise, data center, automotive, and AI/ML applications. With an IP portfolio that spans industry-leading high-speed SerDes, advanced memory interfaces, chiplet IP, and interface IP, Cadence will help you accelerate the deployment of your next-generation intelligent systems.

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