P-cores, E-cores, Threadrippers, Ampere. There are many significant advancements with the latest generations of hardware from AMD, Intel, and Nvidia. As GoEngineer, we are continuing the same rigorous testing that we developed under CATI to understand how much difference engineers can expect from this hardware. We will try to answer the question, should I upgrade? This is a yearly continuation of our testing process, and CATI has run more than 100,000 successful benchmark tests. We have continued using our proprietary benchmark and datasets, so we are able to make direct correlations year over year. We have strengthened our partnerships with major hardware suppliers like Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Dell, Lenovo, and Boxx to test the best hardware on the market with one goal in mind: What does this provide to the end user? Our intent is to educate all SOLIDWORKS users about the importance of hardware selection and the impact this has on the overall performance of SOLIDWORKS.

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Speakers

Bob McGaughey

Sr. Applications Engineer, Computer Aided Technology, LLC

Bob McGaughey has worked at CATI for over 20 years as an Applications Engineer, Trainer, and Manager. He has been a SOLIDWORKS Elite AE since 2007, providing comprehensive technical pre-sales support with CATI including developing and training personnel on product demonstrations, product positioning, and competitive products. He serves as a product liaison for SOLIDWORKS Solution offerings for pre-sales and marketing activities.

Bryan Pawlak

Sr. Application Engineer, Strategic Solutions, CATI

Bryan Pawlak has been an Elite Application Engineer in the reseller channel since 2006 and has presented for many years at 3DEXPERIENCE World.  Over the last 5 years, he has spent an extensive amount of time running more than 125,000 benchmarks on the best hardware the market has to offer. Over the last several years, he has built up relationships with several hardware vendors and with key SOLIDWORKS technical personnel.  Bryan continues to publish blog articles, whitepapers, videos, and webinars to educate the SOLIDWORKS community about the importance of selecting the correct hardware to maximize performance.

In-between all the testing, Bryan spends much of his time analyzing and troubleshooting large assembly performance issues.    This work has gone hand in hand with the benchmarking since model practices effect SOLIDWORKS performance just as much as the hardware does.

Bryan has also worked on administrative images since 2012 when he gave his first SOLIDWORKS world presentation on the topic.   Over the last decade, he has become a company expert and continues to train techs and customers alike.  He has also developed strong relationships with the SOLIDWORKS technical staff and product definition team to help strengthen the administrative image tools.