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Siemens advances self-verifying agentic AI workflows for semiconductor and PCB design
Combines Siemens’ EDA expertise and software with NVIDIA AI infrastructure and software to improve result quality, time-to-results, tool-calling reliability and token efficiency for long-running engineering workloads Enables agentic AI workflows that help engineers improve productivity and design quality across the electronic design automation (EDA) lifecycle Delivers more predictable, trusted outcomes...
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