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Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR3 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR3 production release is now available for download.

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• 4 min read
IC25.1 , featured , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release Announcement blog

Corporate News

Cadence Tapes Out UCIe IP Solution at 64G Speeds on TSMC N3P Technology

Delivering the next wave of chiplet innovation, Cadence has successfully taped out…

Corporate
• 2 min read
news story , ucie , featured , chiplets , TSMC N3P

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業界初、エッジAI・AI搭載PC向けeUSB2V2エンドツーエンドデモをCESで公開

CES 2026で業界初のeUSB2V2エンドツーエンドデモを公開。AI PCやエッジAI向けの省電力・高速伝送を実現する最新USB技術の詳細をご紹介します。

Cadence Japan
• less than a min read
news story , eUSB2v2 , Edge AI , Design IP , featured

Corporate News

Industry’s First End-to-End eUSB2V2 Demo for Edge AI and AI PCs at CES

Since their debut in 2023, AI PCs have taken the market by storm. Gartner projects…

Corporate
• 4 min read
news story , eUSB2v2 , Edge AI , Design IP , featured
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What's Good About Capture’s Placement Report? Look to SPB16.5 and See!

The 16.5 release of OrCAD Capture includes the ability to generate a report with…

• less than a min read
"capture CIS" , Allegro Design Entry , hierarchy , Design Entry CIS , flat schematics , Capture CIS , Capture-CIS , property , hierarchical schematics , Allegro 16.5 , SPB , placement report , design , OrCAD , 16.5 , Design Entry , SPB16.5 , PCB Capture , Schematic , Allegro

Verification

Using a Linaro File System on the Cadence Virtual Platform for the Xilinx Zynq-7000…

Linaro has emerged as a great place to find well tested toolchains, Linux kernels…

• 3 min read

Verification

DVCon 2012 Preview: Focus on Formal & ABV Events and Papers

In a few short weeks DVCon 2012 will be upon us ( Feb. 27 - March 1 in San Jose …

• 2 min read
Joe Hupcey III , ABV , verification strategy , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , ABVIP , Bin Ju , video , tutorial , Facebook , Chris Komar , DVcon , apps , assertion synthesis , assertions , robot , IEV , Assertion-Driven Simulation , Darrow Chu , Formal verification , IFV , Assertion-based verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About ADW’s Server Metrics? Check out the 16.5 Release and See!

The Allegro Design Workbench (ADW) 16.5 has the capability of providing usage metrics…

• 1 min read
PCB , data management , usage metrics , Allegro Design Workbench , Library flow , server metrics , Team design , Allegro 16.5 , SPB , LRM , design data management , configuration manager , design , Library Revision Manager , PCB design , SPB16.5 , metrics , library , ADW

Analog/Custom Design

SKILL for the Skilled: Introduction to Classes -- Part 5

In the previous SKILL for the Skilled postings, we looked at a pretty good algorithm…

• 4 min read
Team SKILL , programming , Sudoku , object orientation , Virtuoso , Lisp , Custom IC Design , SKILL++ , SKILL

Analog/Custom Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Measurements Across Corners

In Virtuoso IC 6.1.5 ISR6, we released a new feature in ADE XL, which had been requested…

• 1 min read
Corners , Virtuoso IC6.1.5 , custom/analog , IC 6.1 , Corners analysis , IC615 , IC 6.1.5 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Analog Design Environment , ADE-XL , Custom IC Design

Digital Design

Five-Minute Tutorial: Change The Background Color Of EDI

Today's tutorial could probably be called a One-Minute Tutorial, since it's so quick…

• 1 min read
EDI , changing color , color , encounter , Digital Implementation , five minute tutorial , background color

Verification

The Zynq Virtual Platform: Not Just for Pre-Silicon

One of the biggest misconceptions about Virtual Platforms is that they are only useful…

• 4 min read
Virtual System Platform , zynq , virtual platforms , Zynq-7000' , pre-silicon , virtual prototypes , post-silicon , embedded software , Watchdog Timer , SystemC , linux

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Property Changes in DEHDL? The Secret's in the 16.5 Release!

In the 16.5 release, all connectivity changes are stored in the hierarchical block…

• 11 min read
PCB , Allegro Design Entry , hierarchy , electrical constraints , flat schematics , uprev , hierarchical schematics , property changes , Allegro 16.5 , Constraint Manager , Design Entry HDL , design , Design Entry , SPB16.5 , ConceptHDL , Schematic , Allegro

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About PCB SI Signal Integrity Application Mode? It’s in the 16.5 Release

In release 16.0, the concept of Application Modes was introduced. These application…

• 2 min read
PCB SI , PCB , PCB Layout and routing , SI , application mode , High Speed , Allegro 16.5 , Layout , Signal Integrity , PCB Signal integrity , PCB design , 16.5 , Allegro

Verification

System-Level Design and the Waves of EDA

Before January comes to an end it is time for my annual flashback and brief reflection…

• 5 min read
virtual prototypes , IP integration , abstraction , VCC , VSI , IP assembly , cars , EDAC , software , automobiles , 1997 , Virtual Platforms , IEEE Spectrum , Schirrmeister , ESL , ESL system-level design

Verification

Incisive Performance Scales to Meet Advanced Node SoC Verification Requirements

Its’ all about RTL simulation. I mean gates. I mean turn-around-time. Project-level…

• 2 min read
verification speed , whitepaper , uvm , Low Power , gate level , simulation speed , Functional Verification , Incisive Enterprise Simulator , 20nm , Low-Power , Incisive , Mixed-Signal , gate-level , Incisive performance , Simulation acceleration , DVcon , testbench , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , simulation , IES , Assertion-based verification , IES-XL

Analog/Custom Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: We've Got You Cornered

One of the big buzzwords around the EDA world these days is "variation." Don't you…

• 3 min read
Corners , Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso IC6.1.5 , custom/analog , IC615 , analog , IC 6.1.5 , ADE , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Analog Design Environment , ADE-XL , Custom IC Design , corner analysis

Verification

Video Killed the Reference Manual Star

[Preface: recall the melody of the Buggles' 1979 hit " Video Killed the Radio Star…

• 1 min read
ABV , videos , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , ABVIP , formal , YouTube , SVA , PSL , assertions , Axel Scherer , MDV , IEV , Assertion-Driven Simulation , simulation , Formal verification , IFV , Assertion-based verification

Verification

UVM: "Everything that Can be Invented Has Been Invented" Not True!

Much like Charles Duell's famous 1899 quote**, the notion that the Universal Verification…

• 1 min read
SystemVerilog , uvm , Functional Verification , UVM e , UVM-MS , 20nm , Low-Power , Incisive , Mixed-Signal , multi-language , Acellera VIP TSC , mixed signal , MDV , IES , VMM

Digital Design

Five-Minute Tutorial: Multiple View-Only Windows In EDI

Have you ever had a situation where you want to compare two (or more) different areas…

• 1 min read
windows , First Encounter , view-only , viewer , encounter , EDI 10.1 , Digital Implementation , five minute tutorial

Verification

Event Report: Club Formal UK – Cache Coherency, UVM for ABV, and Brainstorming with…

Right before the December holidays it was my privilege to host the first "Club Formal…

• 3 min read
uvm , Vincent Reynolds , ABV , Joerg Mueller , metric driven verification (MDV) , ABVIP , coherency , assertions , Club Formal , UK , MDV , Bob Kurshan , Assertion-based verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About APD’s Die Abstract Libraries? You’ll Need the 16.5 Release to See

In System in Package (SiP) 16.3, the co-design die flow introduced the distributed…

• 10 min read
PCB , IC Packaging and SiP Design , IC Packaging , packaging , PCB design" , Digital SiP design , CML , die abstracts , APD , Allegro 16.5 , IC/package co-design , Allegro Package Designer , Layout , design , "PCB design" , PCB design , die abstract compare , SPB16.5 , Librarians , library , Allegro

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro GRE Constraint Region Support? It’s in the 16.5 Release

The 16.5 Global Route Environment ( GRE ) now allows or prohibits tuning in constraint…

• 1 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , constraint region , Routing , Allegro 16.5 , PCB Editor , Layout , "PCB design" , PCB design , SPB16.5 , Allegro PCB Editor , GRE , Allegro
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