High-performance compute (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and graph analytics compute solutions are expensive, hard to program, power heavy, and only work with limited applications. InspireSemi’s system-on-chip (SoC), Thunderbird is disrupting the next generation of accelerated compute on many levels, including raw performance, broad applicability, lower energy consumption, and affordability. Its all-CPU architecture makes it easier to program and allows it to be applied to all HPC and AI applications. Cadence’s Digital Full Flow with Innovus Implementation System, Genus Synthesis Solution, and Tempus Timing Solution played a crucial role in the successful tapeout of the Thunderbird SoC.