Argonne Nuclear Energy Researchers Bachmann and Shaver Named to 40 Under 40 List

For the second consecutive year, researchers from Argonne National Laboratory have been named to the American Nuclear Society’s Nuclear News’ 40 Under 40 list. Nuclear engineers Amanda Bachmann and Dillon Shaver ….

Sumitomo Riko Using Ansys AI for Automotive Component Design and Manufacturing

PITTSBURGH, PA – Sumitomo Riko is implementing Ansys, part of Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) AI technology with the goal of accelerating time-to-solution and improve efficiency during the design and manufacturing of automotive components. SimAI analyzes new or legacy simulation data to generate AI models that predict performance. Sumitomo Riko is using SimAI to accelerate computation-heavy […]

Ansys to Offer Access to NVIDIA Omniverse

PITTSBURGH, August 12, 2025 – Ansys, part of Synopsys (NASDAQ: SNPS), and NVIDIA signed an agreement to license, sell, and support Omniverse technology embedded in Ansys simulation solutions. Through its integration of NVIDIA Omniverse, Ansys will deliver easy access to Omniverse technologies and libraries starting with its CFD and autonomous solutions. From deepening insights into aerodynamics […]

Cadence Unveils Millennium M2000 Supercomputer with NVIDIA Blackwell Systems

SANTA CLARA, Calif.– Cadence today announced the Millennium M2000 Supercomputer featuring NVIDIA Blackwell systems, for AI-basted simulation for engineering and drug design workloads. The supercomputer integrates Cadence’s solvers with NVIDIA HGX B200 systems, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs and NVIDIA CUDA-X libraries and solver software. Cadence said this combination reduces simulation run times and up to […]

Altair Announces Aerospace Collaboration with Motivo

TROY, Mich., October 15, 2024 – Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) announced a collaboration with Motivo, a product engineering firm focused on translating forward-thinking visions into best-in-class products for clients in the mobility, energy, agriculture technology and aerospace sectors. Motivo utilizes Altair’s combination of engineering consulting and software to drive innovation for organizations in the aerospace industry. “We are […]

Exascale: Frontier Simulations Could Lead to a ‘Superdiamond’

The world’s fastest supercomputer helped researchers simulate synthesizing a material harder and tougher than a diamond — or any other substance on Earth. The study used Frontier, the HPE Cray EX supercomputing system at the Department of Energy’s Oak ….

Parallel Works Launches ACTIVATE for AI Model Training, HPC Simulation and Research   

CHICAGO – July 31, 2024 – Parallel Works today announced the launch of ACTIVATE, an artificial intelligence and high performance computing control plane that simplifies configuration, access and management of compute resources located on-premises and in major clouds. ACTIVATE is intended for applications with high computing needs, like AI model training, weather modeling, biomedical research […]

Exascale: SUPERLU/STRUMPACK Solvers Get Frontier Upgrade

“Before (the Exascale Computing Project), both packages had very little support for GPUs. We could get some benefit from running on a single GPU, but without updating the code, even 10 GPUs wouldn’t make it run much faster. We had to redesign a lot of algorithms ….”

Pete Ungaro Named to Simr Board

LOS ALTOS, Calif., June 6, 2024 — Simr, formerly known as UberCloud, which provides a platform for using compute resources with simulation tools, today announced the appointment of Peter Ungaro, former President and CEO of Cray Inc. and senior executive at HPE, to its board of directors. Ungaro joins Ali Kutay, chairman and CEO at Striim, Salil […]

Simr (Formerly UberCloud) Announces SimOps for Product Development

LOS ALTOS, Calif. – Simr, formerly known as UberCloud, has unveiled Simulation Operations Automation (SimOps), making best practices in computer simulations implemented by the majority of the design engineers at three of the Magnificent Seven companies available to design engineers. The company also announced that it has secured $20 million in Series A funding led […]