- Cadence Tool Help Nvidia Model
- Early analysis will help Nvidia improve the effectiveness of fleas and energy consumption levels
- NVIDIA and AMD equipment both contribute to the CADE emulation and prototyping platform
Cadence Design Systems has created a dynamic power analysis tool designed to manage very large flea conceptions, including the Nvidia Rubin GPU which has more than 40 billion doors.
Enews Europe Note that the software operates on the Palladium Z3 emulator, allowing engineers to examine with incredibly high precision of energy consumption between billions of cycles in just a few hours.
This is particularly useful for AC accelerators like Rubin, where workloads vary considerably and can highlight different areas of design at different times.
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Energy modeling is increasingly important as shavings increase and energy requirements increase.
Rubin could draw around 700W for a single matrix, with multi-mute configurations consuming up to 3.6 kW. By performing early simulations, the design teams can size networks more precisely, locate and tackle the bottlenecks even before the chip reaches production.
eenews Said Rubin would need a breathing. He registered with TSMC in June on his N3P 3 NM process, but Nvidia seeks to further increase performance in preparation for a battle against the next MI450 of AMD.
This could delay the first Rubin samples in 2026, although expeditions should always start towards the end of this year.
The CAPE DPA application will play a central role in navigation on these challenges, eenews said. The emulator can manage up to 48 billion doors, supporting the estimate at the chips of peaks and averages in the power print.
This allows developers to balance performance with efficiency while limiting the risk of delay in undernourished or oversized networks.
The Palladium Z3 platform itself uses the NVIDIA Bluefield data processing unit and quantum infiniband network to connect with the FPGA Protium X3 FPGA prototyping system.
The Protium platform is based on ultra-escal FPGA, which can run models of RTL designs, allowing early software tests before silicon is available. In this way, NVIDIA and AMD equipment are involved in the support of the Rubin design cycle.
Cadence introduced a DPA application for the first time in 2016, but the growing complexity of AI processors has since rendered these essential tools.
In the case of Rubin, the analysis and prototyping platforms will help engineers manage electricity requests on a ladder not seen before, and the lessons learned here should filter themselves in consumer products as technology matures.
