Faster than realtime simulation speed

When running a simulation, I typically notice that it either runs in real-time or slower. Is it technically possible to run simulations faster than real-time?

The reason I’m asking is that the goal of some simulations is to find an optimal configuration by iterating multiple times. Running it in real-time (or slower) is inconveniently slow for this purpose.

Thanks.

I’m exploring the same question, have you found a way to implement accelerated simulation