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SpaceX Raptor engine was designed using a full engine combustion simulator, without which the engine would have been impossible [1]. Not to mention the rapid evolution from Raptor 1 to 3 [2]

Jet aircraft are 70% more efficient since 1967, largely from simulation [3], similar in automotive

Unclear how the NVIDIA H100 would have been designed by hand-drawing 80 billion transistors

Net-net: Computers necessary, but we need much better UIs and systems. Maybe AI will help us improve this

[1] https://youtu.be/vYA0f6R5KAI?si=SG1vLMMl8l3DuCYN

[2] https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/04/spacex-raptor-3-engine...

[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_aircraft

> Jet airliners became 70% more fuel efficient between 1967 and 2007, 40% due to improvements in engine efficiency and 30% from airframes.




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