In the early days of the semiconductor industry, integrated circuits were designed by one or two engineers with slide-rules, hand-drawn on paper, and then given to a lithographer to print onto silicon ...

The artificial intelligence-assisted components are lighter and can handle higher structural loads than human-designed components, according to the agency. NASA is using artificial intelligence to ...

The aerospace and electronics industries have long applied computational models to not only design airplanes and chips, but also to simulate and optimize their performance. There have, until recently, ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

From building software to designing cars, engineers grapple with complex design situations every day. 'Optimizing a technical system, whether it’s making it more usable or energy-efficient, is a very ...

What is CAD? you might be wondering if you're considering a career in architecture, engineering or product design. Jobs in these areas often require skills in computer-aided design as a requisite, but ...

A computer-guided approach to design can propose more solutions and balance out human inexperience and design fixation. From building software to designing cars, engineers grapple with complex design ...

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