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How FEA Software Improves Structural Design Accuracy

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The FEA (finite element analysis) software market sits at $7.82 billion in 2026 and is projected to reach $14.72 billion by 2031. Structural analysis takes 55.83% of that volume.

Accuracy in steel structures, offshore platforms, and ship hulls has stopped being an academic question. It’s an everyday engineering reality.

This piece walks through why a numerical model often turns out accurate only on screen and how modern software closes the three main sources of FEA error: the mesh, material properties, and boundary conditions. [Read more…] about How FEA Software Improves Structural Design Accuracy

Nvidia invests $2 billion in Synopsys as the companies expand partnership to ‘revolutionize engineering and design across industries’

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Nvidia and Synopsys have agreed a “major expansion” of their long-running technical collaboration, outlining a multiyear partnership that aims to reshape engineering workflows across semiconductor, aerospace, automotive and industrial sectors.

The agreement combines Nvidia’s accelerated computing stack with Synopsys’ engineering and simulation software to address the mounting complexity facing R&D teams.

As part of the deal, Nvidia has invested $2 billion in Synopsys common stock at a purchase price of $414.79 per share. And because Synopsys acquired Ansys for approximately $35 billion earlier this year, Nvidia will probably be a part owner of the engineering design application. [Read more…] about Nvidia invests $2 billion in Synopsys as the companies expand partnership to ‘revolutionize engineering and design across industries’

Murata releases its in-house engineering software Femtet after four decades of development

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Murata Manufacturing is making its long-running engineering simulation software available to the wider market, after developing it internally for around 40 years.

The tool, called Femtet, is a computer-aided engineering (CAE) system based on the finite element method (FEM).

It has been used inside Murata for decades to help engineers design and test electronic components by simulating stress, heat, electromagnetic fields, fluids, vibration and other physical behaviours. [Read more…] about Murata releases its in-house engineering software Femtet after four decades of development

Nvidia says its new AI physics platform enables engineers to work ‘500 times faster’ in aerospace and automotive

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Nvidia says leading aerospace and automotive companies are accelerating complex engineering tasks by as much as 500x using its new DoMINO NIM microservice, part of the Nvidia PhysicsNeMo AI physics framework.

According to the company, the combination of GPU-accelerated computing, AI-powered physics modelling and interactive digital twins is transforming how enterprises run simulations for aircraft, vehicles and heavy machinery.

The platform enables “near real-time simulation” of physical systems, significantly compressing design cycles and allowing engineers to explore larger design spaces with far greater accuracy. [Read more…] about Nvidia says its new AI physics platform enables engineers to work ‘500 times faster’ in aerospace and automotive

Computers on wheels: An insight into how computers are making cars in their own image

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When Robotics and Automation News interviewed Professor Ralf Herrtwich, the boss of autonomous driving technology at Daimler Mercedes-Benz, one of the many interesting insights he gave us was about the nature of car making these days. 

Herrtwich said that, while building cars is still mainly a mechanical process, developing them is overwhelmingly about software.

“Both at OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and suppliers,” said Herrtwich, “software engineering and coding constitute a huge and ever-growing portion of the work.”  [Read more…] about Computers on wheels: An insight into how computers are making cars in their own image