Semiconductor

Tachyon Supercharges Engineering Simulations for a European Semiconductor Leader

How Invisibl Cloud’s Tachyon HPC platform enabled large-scale engineering simulations on AWS—delivering 14× faster runtimes and up to 85% lower compute cost for a global semiconductor innovator
Faster Simulation Run Times
Lower Compute Costs
Cores

The Challenge

A leading semiconductor manufacturer faced critical limitations in scaling their advanced R&D simulations.

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Limited Parallel Execution Capacity

Existing on-prem systems could not support running multiple StarCCM+, Fluent, or Mechanical simulations in parallel.

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Infrastructure Scalability Constraints

Growing R&D workloads required rapid scale-out capabilities that their on-prem infrastructure could not deliver.

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Lack of Cost Visibility & Control

No mechanism to track, attribute, or optimize the cost of simulations being run by different teams.

Our Solution

Full-stack deployment of Tachyon’s self-service HPC platform within the customer’s AWS environment.

Tachyon Deployment

Installed and configured Tachyon directly in the customer’s AWS account to provide secure, enterprise-controlled HPC operations.

Simulation Workflow Integration

Enabled self-service job submission for StarCCM+, ANSYS Fluent, and ANSYS Mechanical directly through Tachyon’s unified simulation interface.

Convergence Monitoring & Scientific Tracking

Configured residual-based convergence monitoring and simulation progress tracking for engineering teams.

Cost Governance & Chargeback

Implemented Tachyon Budgets, cost controls, governance policies, and automated internal chargeback invoicing.

Advanced Semiconductor Process Modelling

Tachyon enabled running density analysis, process control and uniformity, contamination modelling in PVD/CVD and etch reactors, and complex gas/fluid flow, heat transfer, and turbulence behaviour in vertical furnace systems.

Tachyon Platform Capabilities

Transformational Results

Tachyon delivered breakthrough improvements in performance, cost efficiency, and scale.

Faster Simulations
Runtimes

14x

Reduction in
Compute Costs

19-85%

3000 Cores in Pilot,
Scaling to

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Operational Failures
During Ramp-up

Zero

HPC Workflow Capabilities

Unified Simulation Submission

Run multiple solver workloads (StarCCM+, Fluent, Mechanical) through a single Tachyon interface.

Real-Time Monitoring

Track simulation convergence, residuals, workstation usage, and resource consumption as jobs progress.

Cost Management

Use Tachyon Budgets, governance policies, alerts, and automated chargeback for cost-optimized HPC operations.

Reporting & Insights

Generate detailed, automated reports on user activity, job metrics, CPU consumption, storage usage, and cost attribution.

Fast Facts

Technologies

Tachyon

AWS EC2

Amazon S3

StarCCM+

FSx Lustre

AWS Parallel Cluster

ANSYS

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