Given the enormous investment in tools, design talent, and infrastructure, even minor improvements in server farm efficiency can significantly impact the bottom line. As a result, verification engineers and IT managers are constantly looking for new sources of competitive advantage.

Workload management plays a crucial role in helping design teams share limited resources, boost simulation throughput, and maximize productivity. In this paper, we discuss six valuable techniques to help improve design center productivity:

Monitoring, measuring, and optimizing the EDA infrastructure

1. Employing high-throughput scheduling
2. Adopting a license-first scheduling policy
3. Mapping and optimizing design flows and simulations
4. Optimizing hardware emulation workloads
5. Leveraging the cloud to augment on-premises resources

By adopting these techniques and products in the Altair® Accelerator™ portfolio, organizations can realize higher levels of efficiency and performance and dramatically improve productivity with smarter workload scheduling.