Unprecedented Performance for Complex Simulations

cadence, a frontrunner in electronic design automation (EDA) technology, has joined forces with NVIDIA to launch the Millennium M2000 Supercomputer. This powerhouse, fueled by the NVIDIA Blackwell system and NVIDIA CUDA-X software library, promises to dramatically accelerate engineering design and life science applications. The collaboration aims to tackle the increasing complexity of modern design challenges, from autonomous vehicles to drug discovery.

Available for both cloud and on-premises deployment, the Millennium M2000 boasts NVIDIA HGX B200 systems and NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. This optimized hardware and software combination delivers up to 80 times the performance of existing CPU-based systems in EDA, system design, and life science workloads. This leap in computing power enables engineers to conduct large-scale simulations previously deemed unachievable, paving the way for breakthroughs in various fields.

AI Factory: A Vision for the Future

The collaboration between Cadence and NVIDIA extends beyond hardware. During a CadencyLive event in Santa Clara, California, Cadence CEO Anirudh Devgan and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang discussed their joint efforts in AI Factory, Digital Twin, and Agent AI. Huang emphasized the need for a completely new type of factory, one driven by AI. He stated:

AI will penetrate all aspects of all we are trying to do. Now, all companies will be better operated thanks to AI, and AI will make a better product.
jensen Huang, CEO, NVIDIA

NVIDIA’s commitment to this vision is evident in its plan to purchase ten NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform-based Millennium supercomputer systems to accelerate its own chip design workflow. This investment underscores the transformative potential of the new supercomputer in revolutionizing design processes.

Applications Across Industries

The Millennium Supercomputer, leveraging accelerated software from both NVIDIA and Cadence, is poised to impact a wide range of applications. These include circuit simulation, computational fluid dynamics, data center design, and molecular design. The enhanced simulation capabilities empower engineers and researchers to build more intricate and accurate models, leading to faster and more informed decision-making in silicon, system, and drug advancement.

Examples of the collaboration’s impact include thermodynamic simulation for chip design, fluid mechanics for aerospace applications, and molecular dynamics for pharmaceutical research. NVIDIA’s engineering team utilized the Cadence Palladium emulation platform and Protium prototyping platform for design verification and chip bring-up workflow during NVIDIA Blackwell development. Cadence also employs the NVIDIA Grace Blackwell acceleration system to simulate fluid dynamics during aircraft takeoff and landing, achieving in hours what previously took days on CPU clusters.

Furthermore,Cadence integrated NVIDIA Bionemo NIM microservices into its Orion molecular design platform and the NVIDIA Llama Nemotron reasoning model into the Cadence Jedai platform. The integration of NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint into AI Factory Digital Twin and the Cadence Reality Digital Twin Platform allows for real-world testing and optimization of AI factory power, cooling, and networking, enabling faster decision-making and the design of next-generation AI factories.

The Growing Need for Supercomputing in Design

The launch of the Millennium M2000 comes at a crucial time. The complexity of modern systems, from semiconductors to aircraft, demands increasingly sophisticated simulation capabilities. According to a recent report by Hyperion Research,the market for high-performance computing (HPC) is expected to reach $55 billion by 2026,driven by the growing need for advanced simulation and modeling in various industries. This collaboration between Cadence and NVIDIA addresses this need by providing a powerful and versatile supercomputing solution that can accelerate innovation and drive progress across multiple sectors.