Engineering the AI factory: Accelerating CAD workloads on
summary
AWS runs SPECApp benchmarks on Siemens NX and shows cloud G-family instances outperforming typical workstations: a G7e 8XL measures about 72% above the SPEC reference (Intel Core i9 + RTX A100) and the G7e family clears the single‑thread CPU bar via Intel Emerald Rapids / Blackwell server silicon. Tests compare against HP/Dell on‑prem boxes, include fractional instances (G6F) and price scenarios (production engineer ≈ $91/month), and demonstrate that GPU‑accelerated CAD on AWS both beats and cost‑optimizes traditional workstations.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and speakers
- 1:06Industry trends in CAD workloads
- 3:10Challenges with traditional workstations
- 5:59Benchmarking approach and SPECapp
- 7:25Performance comparison with G7e instances
- 9:34CPU and GPU performance analysis
- 11:42Price performance and fleet optimization
- 13:08Siemens NX and CAD tool interoperability
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