At Computex 2026, Cadence ($CDNS) launched the ChipStack AI Super Agent in partnership with NVIDIA ($NVDA), touted as the industry’s first fully autonomous virtual engineer for semiconductor design and verification. This innovative agent leverages NVIDIA’s Nemotron models and OpenShell technology, enabling rapid execution of chip design workflows, including RTL generation and verification. Cadence highlighted that this collaboration has significantly accelerated RTL validation, reducing typical verification loops from five weeks to less than one day, marking a 40-fold improvement in efficiency.
NVIDIA: NVIDIA provides accelerated computing platforms, AI models, and enterprise software tools for building advanced AI applications. Its Nemotron models power the ChipStack AI Super Agent, while OpenShell secures the autonomous workflows, supporting deployment by NVIDIA engineers and other partners in semiconductor design.
Cadence: Cadence Design Systems develops electronic design automation software and tools for semiconductor and system design. It recently launched the ChipStack AI Super Agent in collaboration with NVIDIA at Computex 2026 to enable autonomous chip design and verification workflows. The company integrates NVIDIA technologies to advance AI-driven engineering solutions.
Nemotron: NVIDIA Nemotron is a family of open multimodal AI foundation models designed for reasoning, agentic workflows, and specialized applications. Recent expansions include new omni-understanding and super variants optimized for efficient agentic AI on NVIDIA platforms. The models underpin the ChipStack AI Super Agent for chip design and verification tasks.
OpenShell: NVIDIA OpenShell is a secure runtime environment for deploying and governing autonomous AI agents with policy controls and isolation. It secures the ChipStack AI Super Agent to protect sensitive IP during chip design workflows. The runtime supports integration with NVIDIA models for trusted enterprise AI deployments.
ChipStack AI Super Agent: ChipStack AI Super Agent is Cadence’s agentic AI system for automating front-end semiconductor design and verification tasks. Launched with NVIDIA at Computex 2026, it orchestrates multiple specialized agents for RTL generation, simulation, and formal analysis using a shared mental model. The tool integrates with NVIDIA Nemotron models and OpenShell for secure, production-grade autonomous operation.
Product Launch: The ChipStack AI Super Agent was announced at Computex 2026 as the industry’s first fully autonomous virtual engineer for semiconductor design and verification.
Partnership Expansion: Cadence and NVIDIA are expanding their collaboration to integrate agentic AI across semiconductor design workflows using Nemotron models and OpenShell.
Technology Integration: The agent combines Cadence EDA tools with NVIDIA Nemotron models and OpenShell runtime to enable secure, multi-agent orchestration for complex engineering tasks.