The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and the internet of things (IoT) has brought the fourth industrial revolution upon us. While AI algorithms have been around for years, it’s only now that GPUs have enough computational power to run them. So what goes into designing them? NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPU architecture builds upon generations of accelerated computing technologies and has 208 billion transistors. It takes a complex piece of technology to design and verify such a system, and that’s where Cadence’s dynamic duo—Palladium Z3 Emulation Platform and Protium X3 Prototyping Platform—steps in.