FICO announced that the latest release of its optimization software, FICO Xpress 9.8, delivers major performance gains by leveraging NVIDIA GPUs and CUDA-X libraries. The update introduces a GPU-accelerated implementation of the hybrid gradient algorithm, enabling speedups of up to 50x for extremely large and dense optimization problems. FICO highlighted that the new release also includes broader performance improvements across its mixed-integer programming and global solver engines, further enhancing its ability to handle complex, large-scale decision optimization workloads.

Source: FICO, Business Wire