Towards Real Time Thermal Simulations for Design Optimization using Graph Neural Networks

@article{SanchisAlepuz2022TowardsRT,
  title={Towards Real Time Thermal Simulations for Design Optimization using Graph Neural Networks},
  author={H{\`e}lios Sanchis-Alepuz and Monika Stipsitz},
  journal={2022 IEEE Design Methodologies Conference (DMC)},
  year={2022},
  pages={1-6}
}
This paper presents a method to simulate the thermal behavior of 3D systems using a graph neural network. The method discussed achieves a significant speed-up with respect to a traditional finite-element simulation. The graph neural network is trained on a diverse dataset of 3D CAD designs and the corresponding finite-element simulations, representative of the different geometries, material properties and losses that appear in the design of electronic systems. We present for the transient… 
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