FEBRUARY 20268DASSAULT SYSTEMES & NVIDIA PARTNER TO POWER VIRTUAL TWINS WITH AIABB LAUNCHES AUTOMATION EXTENDED FOR SEAMLESS DCS UPGRADESDassault Systemes and NVIDIA announced a long-term partnership to build a powerful industrial AI platform for virtual twins that aims to transform how companies design, test, and run complex systems.The deal, revealed at Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE World event, brings together Dassault's virtual twin technology with NVIDIA's advanced AI infrastructure, open models and high-performance software tools.The new platform will create science-validated "industry world models" that simulate real-world systems before anything is built. This lets engineers and researchers see how products and processes behave under real conditions, speeding up innovation while cutting costs ABB today unveiled Automation Extended, a new program designed to advance its distributed control system (DCS) portfolio and help industrial operators modernize without stopping production.Developed based on the extensive global DCS installed base of ABB and a global process automation acumen, Automation Extended assists step-by-step upgrades to help maintain operations stable as it provides the flexibility, scalability and performance of its operation when future needs arise.The industrial plants are under the increasing pressure of market unpredictability, cyber threats, stricter compliance regulations, and the shifting employee capabilities. Automation Extended is designed to deal with these issues. It enables TOP STORIESbusinesses to implement digital upgrades with greater speed, integrate analytics and IoT solutions and streamline plant processes- without jeopardizing uptime.Existing customers are able to keep running the platforms they have trusted, including ABB Ability System 800xA x, ABB Ability Symphony x Plus, and ABB Freelance and add new capabilities overtime. This systematic strategy reduces the risk, secures the current investments and establishes an easy way to innovation.Peter Terwiesch, President of ABB Automation business area, said that in the industries that we serve, most of which operate large and complex facilities, the customers should modernize the facilities without interrupting the operations. Automation Extended brings that by providing future ready features to the systems that the customers are already comfortable with, security and interoperability being part of it.It is a program founded on an open and modular ecosystem that isolates control and digital environments in two layers that are safely connected. The digital layer allows AI, machine learning, edge intelligence, and real-time analytics, but does not affect fundamental control capabilities, which is maintained by the control layer. and risks across sectors like manufacturing, engineering, life sciences and materials research.To support large-scale deployment, Dassault's OUTSCALE cloud will run AI "factories" powered by NVIDIA tech, ensuring data privacy and intellectual property protection. NVIDIA will also use Dassault's model-based systems engineering to design its own AI factory infrastructure beginning with its Rubin platform.Executives say the industrial AI platform is more than a toolkit. It's meant to be a foundation that lets businesses move beyond traditional predictive tools to systems grounded in physics and real-world data. The platform will bring together accelerated computing, virtual twin modeling and AI assistants inside Dassault's 3DEXPERIENCE ecosystem.Industry players including Bel Group, OMRON and Lucid highlighted how this collaboration could improve simulation capabilities, shorten development cycles, and boost manufacturing efficiency. The partnership marks a key step in embedding AI deeply into engineering and industrial workflows.
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