At CadenceLIVE Silicon Valley 2026, Cadence announced an expanded partnership with NVIDIA to deliver accelerated solutions across agentic AI, physics-based simulation and digital twins. The expanded collaboration aims to unlock new levels of productivity and accelerate next-generation engineering design flows across semiconductor design, physical AI systems and hyperscale AI factories.
Cadence and NVIDIA are extending their collaboration to embedded agentic AI for physical AI, combining the Cadence Physical AI Stack with NVIDIA robotics simulation libraries and accelerated computing to help close the critical “sim-to-real” gap for robots and autonomous machines.
Technical Integration:
By integrating and accelerating Cadence’s high-fidelity multiphysics simulation and AI workflows with NVIDIA Isaac open-source simulation libraries and Cosmos open-world models, customers gain an end-to-end, agent-orchestrated workflow that links world-model training, accurate physics, large-scale scenario testing and continuous real-world feedback.
Workflow:
The workflow spans virtual training in NVIDIA Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab, evaluation through detailed Cadence physics models and mission-scale scenario simulation in VTD (Virtual Test Drive) and VTDx—its extended high-fidelity simulation environment. Results are deployed on NVIDIA Jetson robotics and edge AI systems, where a live virtual twin enables continuous monitoring and refinement.
Cadence indicates the partnership can speed engineering workflows up to 100x.