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Electronics & Embedded • Physical Sciences & Engineering

MathWorks Launches MATLAB Copilot and Redesigned Desktop in 2025a Release

MathWorks has released MATLAB and Simulink 2025a, introducing MATLAB Copilot—a generative AI assistant for code generation, debugging, and test automation—alongside a fully redesigned desktop environment. The release also delivers major Simulink enhancements including a Python Code Block, local solvers for model references, and a new Simulink Scope, making it one of the most feature-rich updates to the platform in recent years.

By Jeff 688 views
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Manufacturing & Supply-Chain • Physical Sciences & Engineering

BETA CAE Systems Releases Version 2025.2: AI-Powered CAE Suite with GPU Meshing and New Solver Deck

BETA CAE Systems has launched version 2025.2 of its comprehensive CAE software suite, introducing GPU-accelerated meshing, a new EPILYSIS solver deck, AI-assisted data management, and the portable SPDRM Lite edition. The release spans ANSA, EPILYSIS, META, KOMVOS, SPDRM, FATIQ, ANSERS, and RETOMO with significant performance and workflow improvements.

By Jeff 518 views
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Chemical & Process Industries • Materials Science & Nanotechnology • Physical Sciences & Engineering

COMSOL Multiphysics 6.4 Delivers 5x GPU Speedup, New Granular Flow Module, and LLM-Assisted Simulation

COMSOL releases version 6.4 of its flagship multiphysics simulation platform, featuring NVIDIA cuDSS GPU acceleration delivering 5x speedups, a new DEM-based Granular Flow Module for pharmaceutical and chemical processing applications, a time-explicit dynamic analysis framework for impact and crash simulations, and optional LLM-assisted simulation via GPT-5, DeepSeek, and Google Gemini.

By Jeff 989 views
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Chemical & Process Industries • Materials Science & Nanotechnology • Physical Sciences & Engineering

Ansys Rocky 2026 R1 Advances DEM Simulation with Enhanced Multiphysics and GPU Scalability

Ansys releases Rocky 2026 R1 with automated mixing quality assessment, GPU-accelerated Fluent coupling, and distributed parallel computing for large-scale particle dynamics simulations. The update introduces new capabilities for pharmaceutical, battery manufacturing, and chemical processing applications.

By Jeff 511 views
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Defense & Aerospace • Physical Sciences & Engineering • Robotics & Automation

Siemens PAVE360 Automotive Accelerates Software-Defined Vehicle Development with Pre-Integrated Digital Twin Platform

Siemens launches PAVE360 Automotive in December 2025, a cloud-based digital twin software that reduces SDV development setup time from months to days through pre-integrated system-level virtual environments for ADAS, AD, and IVI systems, with general availability in February 2026.

By Jeff 356 views
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Electronics & Embedded • Physical Sciences & Engineering

Neuromorphic Computing Breakthrough: Brain-Inspired Chips Solve Complex Physics Equations with Unprecedented Energy Efficiency

Sandia National Laboratories researchers have developed the NeuroFEM algorithm, enabling neuromorphic computers to solve partial differential equations with a fraction of the energy required by traditional supercomputers. This breakthrough could revolutionize high-performance computing for climate modeling, aerospace simulations, and national security applications.

By Jeff 323 views
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Defense & Aerospace • Electronics & Embedded • Physical Sciences & Engineering

Ansys 2025 R2 Introduces AI Engineering Copilot for Intelligent Simulation Workflows

Ansys releases its 2025 R2 software update featuring the Engineering Copilot, an AI-driven virtual assistant that provides real-time guidance and enables physics-based simulations up to 1000x faster than traditional methods. The release integrates AI capabilities across the entire Ansys portfolio, democratizing advanced simulation for engineers.

By Jeff 731 views
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Manufacturing & Supply-Chain • Physical Sciences & Engineering • Robotics & Automation

Siemens Unveils Digital Twin Composer: Building the Industrial Metaverse at Scale

Siemens has launched Digital Twin Composer, a revolutionary platform that enables organizations to build Industrial Metaverse environments at enterprise scale. Built on NVIDIA Omniverse libraries, the software combines real-time data, AI-powered simulation, and photorealistic visualization to transform how companies design, optimize, and operate complex industrial systems.

By Jeff 346 views
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Healthcare & Biomedical • Physical Sciences & Engineering

MEDICAL IP Unveils First Healthcare Digital Twin Platform on NVIDIA Omniverse at GTC 2024

MEDICAL IP introduced MEDIP at NVIDIA GTC 2024, marking the world's first healthcare software to leverage NVIDIA Omniverse for medical digital twin simulation. The platform enables real-time 3D visualization of medical images, VR surgery simulation, and AI-powered anatomical segmentation for precision medicine applications.

By Jeff 271 views
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Manufacturing & Supply-Chain • Physical Sciences & Engineering

Autodesk Acquires FlexSim: Integrating Discrete Event Simulation into Factory Design Workflow

Autodesk's acquisition of FlexSim Software Products brings advanced discrete event simulation capabilities to its design and manufacturing platform, enabling engineers to validate factory designs against operational performance metrics and create comprehensive digital twins for manufacturing facilities.

By Jeff 564 views
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Manufacturing & Supply-Chain • Physical Sciences & Engineering • Robotics & Automation

Siemens Completes $10 Billion Acquisition of Altair Engineering, Creating Industry's Most Comprehensive AI-Powered Simulation Portfolio

Siemens has completed its acquisition of Altair Engineering Inc. for $10 billion, finalizing on March 26, 2025. This landmark merger integrates Altair's simulation, HPC, and AI capabilities into Siemens Xcelerator, creating the world's most comprehensive AI-powered design and simulation portfolio with projected synergies exceeding $1 billion annually.

By Jeff 1309 views