[CES 2026] Siemens and Nvidia Apply 'Digital Twin' to HD Hyundai Shipyard

Finding Optimal Conditions in Virtual Space and Applying Them to Reality

German technology company Siemens has partnered with Nvidia to apply artificial intelligence (AI)-based digital twin technology to HD Hyundai's shipyards and the construction of nuclear fusion reactors.

Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens, announced during his keynote speech at 'CES 2026,' the world's largest electronics and IT exhibition held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas on the 6th (local time), that Siemens would showcase digital twin technology in collaboration with Nvidia. A digital twin is a technology that creates a 'twin' in a virtual space where physical laws are applied as in the real world, allowing for countless experiments to find optimal conditions and then applying those conditions to reality. Digital twins enable the safe execution of risky experiments without concern, while also saving both cost and time.

The operating screen of the 'Digital Twin Composer' software unveiled by German technology company Siemens on the 6th (local time) at 'CES 2026,' the world's largest home appliances and IT exhibition held in Las Vegas, USA. Siemens

Siemens will provide data through software such as 'Digital Twin Composer' and 'Xcelerator,' while Nvidia will support the collaboration by providing its virtual environment platform 'Omniverse.'

CEO Busch stated, "Together with Nvidia, we are building an industrial AI operating system (OS) that redefines how the physical world is designed, built, and operated," adding, "This allows ideas to be realized in the real world with higher quality and efficiency." Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, emphasized, "The physical industries are entering the AI era," and added, "Digital twins will form the foundation of the AI journey for companies that own physical assets."

They cited HD Hyundai's shipyard as a representative example of a digital twin built through the collaboration between the two companies. CEO Busch explained that the digital twin used by HD Hyundai is a perfect replica that not only models the ship itself, but also every bolt and nut, and can even simulate the people working on the vessel. CEO Huang added that HD Hyundai is "a perfect example of implementing the digital twin concept."

The two companies also plan to apply digital fusion to 'SPARC,' a nuclear fusion reactor currently being built by Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) in Massachusetts. SPARC is a demonstration reactor designed to prove that more energy can be produced than is input through nuclear fusion, and it is expected to compress years of experimentation into just a few weeks.