Artificial intelligence (AI) in engineering is delivering hugely positive results. Low- and no-code tools are democratizing AI capabilities that were once solely the domain of specialist data scientists. However, not everyone in engineering is reaping the benefits just yet. Getting productive with the new wave of accessible AI tools is easy. Engineers tell us their toughest AI challenges lie elsewhere. Read more

Altair, a global leader in computational intelligence, will work together with Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering on a $1.25 million AFWERX Phase II STTR contract. The two organizations will develop analytical models for cyclonic flows, construct computational models, and study the stability of different vortex engines to address the challenges facing public and private sector aerospace organizations. Read more [Picture source: Altair on linkedin.com]

Ever find yourself scratching your head over data science terms? You’re not alone! Terms like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning get tossed around all the time, and they’re often used interchangeably, even though they’re not the same. These two concepts are the core of modern data science, and as businesses adopt these technologies, it helps to understand the basics. Read more [Picture source: Altair on linkedin.com]

“ESA is a reference point for anyone working in the space sector in Europe and across the world, constantly working with its local agencies to foster innovation throughout its programs. For Altair, partnering with ESA represents the coming together of two pioneers in the aerospace industry,” said Pietro Cervellera, senior vice president of aerospace and defense, Altair. “We are delighted to work together with the ESA to offer access to our simulation, AI, and data analytics solutions. Our tools help accelerate and de-risk the exploration of disruptive ideas and further our mission of creating a safer, more connected, and more sustainable aerospace industry.” Read more

Make smarter PCB design decisions early to enhance product quality—at no cost. Tackle design challenges with accurate review, analysis, verification, and early manufacturing assessment. Altair® PollEx™ for ECAD offers free access to essential verification tools for all. Read more and watch the video

Siemens neemt voor 10,6 miljard dollar Altair Engineering over, een Amerikaanse leverancier van software voor industriële simulatie en analyse. Het Duitse industriële conglomeraat is het vooral om de ai-kennis van Altair te doen. Altair brengt behalve kennis van simulatie en ai ook capaciteiten op gebied van high performance computing en data-science in, die aansluiten op de Siemens Xcelerator. Lees verder [Bron: computable.nl]

Using Altair’s solutions, Psicontrol nearly halved the development time of a complex HMI product and achieved their goal of creating a first-time right design for their customers. Ensuring the flawless functionality of the control unit’s processor and memory, Altair’s tools helped the company test and validate the new system before any prototype was built Read more

Altair introduceert de Global Student Contest 2024-2025. Deze staat open voor studenten die hun technische en ontwerptalent willen laten zien om kans te maken op erkenning en geldprijzen. De wedstrijd, met circa $ 30.000 aan geldprijzen, zal laten zien hoe studenten Altair-software gebruiken om innovaties te creëren op het gebied van robotica en mechatronica.

Meer informatie over de wedstrijd, inclusief de criteria voor deelname en het inschrijfformulier, is te vinden via deze link

The breakthrough, published in the journal Computer Physics Communications, presents runnable code for quantum computers and quantum simulators and represents a significant contribution to the field of applied quantum computing. Read more [Picture source: Altair on youtube.com]

The pace of competition and innovation in the modern global marketplace is fierce and relentless – and only increases as more advanced technologies emerge. The one question engineers, designers, and executives are asking is: How can we accelerate design cycles, supercharge innovation, foster sustainability, and stay ahead of the competition without compromising products’ performance or quality? The answer is AI-powered engineering. Read more

The rapidly growing electric vehicle (EV) market is at the forefront of transportation innovation, driven by the need for cleaner, more sustainable mobility solutions. At the heart of every EV lies a remarkable technological innovation – the battery module. These compact, powerful energy storage units are revolutionizing the automotive industry and have become the backbone of sustainable transportation. Central to the development of high-performance EVs is the design and engineering of the battery module. Finite element analysis (FEA) plays a pivotal role in optimizing battery module performance, safety, and reliability. Read more

Altair, a global leader in computational intelligence, and L&T Technology Services, a global digital engineering and R&D services company, jointly announced the establishment of a digital twin center of excellence (CoE) to accelerate digital transformation. The CoE will deliver cutting-edge digital twin capabilities to joint customers worldwide across mobility, high-tech, and sustainability segments, enabling premier digital twin solutions for enhanced innovation and efficiency. Read more

We normally think of technologies like simulation, artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), machine learning, and data science in use in the latest generation of cars, the world’s most advanced supercomputers, on the forefront of renewable energy, and more. But these technologies are also one of the biggest factors behind the leap in sports technology we’ve seen in recent years. Simulation, AI, and HPC – all powered by troves of quality data – are helping athletes run faster, throw and kick harder, and utilize equipment that’s stronger, faster, and lighter than ever. Nowhere is this more apparent than in golf. Thanks to technology like Altair’s, today’s golfers have better, lighter, and more dynamic clubs that help them shave precious strokes from their scorecards. You may have even seen such clubs at this year’s Masters tournament. Read more [Picture: Altair on linkedin.com]

Today’s biggest classical computing systems contain massive amounts of processing power — to exascale and beyond — but quantum computing has the potential to accelerate that power exponentially. One day in the not-too-distant future, quantum computing could make the speed of today’s classical computing look like a letter shipped across the ocean. But it’s not just about speed – quantum computers “think” differently than classical machines, unlocking previously intractable problems. Read more

Schaeffler Group, a leader in motion technology, sought to enhance the cooling efficiency of their e-motors to prevent overheating and maintain reliability. Using Altair® nanoFluidX® running on NVIDIA GPUs, Schaeffler achieved highly accurate simulation results that matched physical tests while significantly reducing solve times from five days to under six hours. This solution not only cut costs and improved accuracy, but also accelerated their product development process, enabling faster market delivery of optimized, reliable e-motors. Download the pdf

One of the challenges manufacturers face today is accelerating design and engineering processes while maintaining accuracy and efficiency throughout the product life cycle. From aerospace and defense to food and beverage production and beyond, it’s common for manufacturers to face high production goals and tight timelines. However, solutions to these problems often require too much money; and navigating budgetary matters while focusing on other needs, such as upskilling, can be difficult. So how can companies optimize output and reach their challenging goals? By improving processes early in the product life cycle by leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing. Read more

Laptops, smartphones, electric vehicles, power tools, or your toothbrush: mobile applications like this need stored mobile energy to fulfill their tasks. For larger systems, like battery electric vehicles, the mobile energy requirements grow profoundly, and energy storage capacity plays the starring role in broad acceptance of e-mobility. But what is so special about batteries in mobile applications and what makes a good battery design? Read more

Using Altair AI Studio, International Paper built and deployed numerous prescriptive models that provide guidance on equipment settings for machine operators and predictive models to optimize consumption of raw materials, improve paper quality, and enhance the effectiveness of wastewater treatment processes. Read more

Altair announced it has acquired Research in Flight, maker of FlightStream®, which provides computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software with a large footprint in the aerospace and defense sector and a growing presence in marine, energy, turbomachinery, and automotive applications. Read more

Bringing together Cambridge Semantics’ transformational knowledge graph technology with Altair’s leading tools for data analytics and data science offers organizations a solid foundation for building advanced analytics ecosystems that inject artificial intelligence (AI) into day-to-day business operations. Read more

Simulating how bulk and granular materials interact with equipment, containers, and one another is a critical capability for industrial, manufacturing, and life science organizations. The larger these simulations, the more accurate they become, decreasing the time and expense companies must spend iterating designs and prototypes. Altair and Google Cloud recently collaborated to see how large a simulation they could produce using Altair® EDEM™ on a single Google Cloud virtual machine. Read more [Picture source: Altair on linkedin.com]

“As the electronics industry pushes the boundaries of complexity and miniaturization, engineers have struggled with simulations that often compromise on detail for expediency. Altair SimSolid will empower engineers to capture the intricate complexities of PCBs and ICs without simplification,” said James R. Scapa, founder and chief executive officer, Altair. “Traditional simulation methods often require approximations when analyzing PCB structures due to their complexity. Altair SimSolid eliminates these approximations to run more accurate simulations for complex problems with vast dimensional disparities.” Read more

Until recently, manufacturing semiconductors was the domain of dedicated chip companies. However, over the past fifteen years or so, technology giants – led by the likes of Apple, Amazon, Google, and Meta – have established in-house silicon design teams and taken advantage of contract fabrication facilities to produce chips tailored to their requirements. What’s more, the appeal of the so-called “fabless” semiconductor business model is growing fast. Adoption is spreading not just in the tech domain, but to verticals such as the automotive industry. OEMs like Tesla, GM, and Ford have all embarked on designing and manufacturing their own system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. Several factors are powering this trend. Read more

Fairings are an essential component of many motorcycles and designed to improve aerodynamics and stability of a bike. For a student diploma project on the aerodynamics of a motorcycle fairing, the project team, consisting of KTM employees Martin Herzog, Alexander Hladik, and Christian Fernsebner, worked closely with Altair, specifically Altair’s Student Ambassador at the TU Munich, Matthias Leister. The task was to compare motorcycle fairing concepts to improve drag and aerodynamic balance. Read more

HyperWorks 2023’s user-centric interface, every tool is easily accessible. Featuring a brand-new modular interface that emphasizes unparalleled interoperability, Altair HyperWorks 2023 gives engineers the agility to explore more design options and make faster, more informed decisions in a seamless, integrated environment. Its intelligent management of modeling entities boosts graphics performance, enabling seamless multitasking on assemblies while focusing on intricate sub-assembly details. Leveraging high-performance computing (HPC) environments supports complex large-scale simulations, fostering deeper analysis and global collaboration. Read more

“Integrating Ultra Librarian into Altair tools is a massive step for our ECAD verification and multiphysics solutions, which will give users more power than ever before,” said Sam Mahalingam, chief technology officer, Altair. “Now, users have access to verified Ultra Librarian CAD models directly from within Altair desktop applications and cloud-based systems. This makes workflows far more accurate and efficient – saving time, effort, and costs.” Read more

Capture expert decision-making for improved Design-of-Experiments (DOE) outcomes. Altair® DesignAI™ enhancement provides new flexibility enabling component or element properties to vary within a design exploration and optimization. Expanded integration allows users to create general links between variables of any type and generate responses from external file types. Further enhancements improve efficiency by automatically updating the model with design variables from any exploration run. Read more

Altair releases Altair SimSolid Cloud – a cloud-native structural simulation software, allowing users to access next-generation simulation technology from any web browser anywhere, anytime. SimSolid Cloud eliminates geometry simplification and meshing, it delivers results in seconds to minutes and effortlessly handles complex assemblies. “Anyone using conventional finite element tools will be left behind if they do not embrace this technology soon.” Test SimSolid Cloud and see why cloud-native simulation is the future!

Altair, a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), announced the rebrand of its entire data analytics and AI suite as Altair RapidMiner, uniting all data analytics technology into one platform. Following the acquisitions of RapidMiner and World Programming, the Altair RapidMiner platform offers comprehensive end-to-end solutions from data ingestion and modeling to operationalization and visualization. Additionally, the platform is now available via Altair Units, delivering a new generation of Frictionless AI capabilities to customers. Read more

At this symposium, we will discuss how to establish self-service machine learning in every organization, the importance of enabling domain experts for AI, and why the cloud is a good place to start. Read more

More than 20 years ago, we revolutionized how engineers and organizations accessed our leading simulation software with HyperWorks Units – a groundbreaking value-based licensing system. To further evolve our unique business model, we are introducing Altair Units, our new, unified licensing system that gives access to every Altair product and the power to solve on any scale. This new model delivers enhanced inclusivity at various price points and will allow customers to maximize their software dollars through the flexibility to run software anywhere, freedom to choose from a variety of software tools with unparalleled value from our unique business model. Learn more