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Spectre FX Simulator Cuts Intrinsic Semi’s Memory Verification Time by 4X

Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies, a company transforming the semiconductor industry…

Corporate
• 2 min read
newstory , featured , spectre fx , Instrinsic Semi , verification

Corporate News

Cadence Welcomes ChipStack

ChipStack, a leading startup providing agentic AI solutions for chip verification…

Corporate
• 1 min read
featured , agentic ai , Xcelium Logic Simulator , AI-Driven Verification

SoC and IP

The Power of Shifting Left: Cadence Accelerating Innovation with Arm

In semiconductor design, projects are remembered for their extremes—legendary successes…

Arif Khan
• 3 min read
ucie , xcellium , IP , featured , PHY

Corporate News

Accelerating System Design with Real-Time Simulation, Powered by AI Physics

Rising demand for AI infrastructure is driving faster innovation and smarter use…

Corporate
• 4 min read
CFD , featured , NVIDIA , accelerated compute , millennium
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Analog/Custom Design

Start Your Engines: Speed Up Your Analog Mixed-Signal Verification with Spectre X…

In this post, I will explain how you could speed up your mixed-signal verification…

• 5 min read
spectrex , AMS Designer , universal verification methodology , analog/mixed-signal , axum , mixed-signal design , AMSD Flexible , mixed-signal verification , AMS Flex

Digital Design

Library Characterization Tidbits: Characterize Minimum Period for Memory Instance…

In this blog, I will talk about the minimum period arc, which is a critical arc associated…

• 3 min read
memory characterization , self-timed memory , clocking scheme , minimum period arc , library characterization , Liberate MX , Library Characterization Tidbit , Digital Implementation , externally timed memory

Breakfast Bytes

Optimized Digital Design, Implementation, and Signoff on TSMC N3

At the recent TSMC OIP forum, Yufeng Luo presented Optimized Digital Design, Implementation…

• 4 min read
Genus , n3 , TSMC , Innovus , digital full flow

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Virtuosity: Virtuoso Visualization and Analysisでのベクターファイルの読み込み

IC6.1.8およびICADVM18.1より前のバージョンでは、適用されたスティミュラスとともにデジタル波形とアナログ波形を表示するには、デジタルソルバとアナログソルバの両方を使用してシミュレーションを実行する必要がありました…

• less than a min read
VCD , Analog Design Environment , ICADVM18.1 , analog , ViVA , Virtuosity , analog stimuli , japanese blog , IC6.1.8 , vector

Breakfast Bytes

Bessemer Ventures: The Memos That Didn't Get Away

Who is the oldest venture capital company in the world? It is almost certainly Bessemer…

• 3 min read
bessemer , anti-portfolio , bvp , bessemer venture partners , memoranda

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Video Diary: Knowledge Booster Training Bytes – Part 3

Nowadays, it is more important than ever to use multiple test benches in a single…

• 4 min read
blended , ADE Explorer , training , Cadence training , digital badges , training bytes , Virtuoso , Cadence certified , Virtuoso Video Diary , Custom IC Design , online training , Custom IC , Assembler , ADE Assembler

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso ICADVM20.1 and IC6.1.8 ISR14 Now Available

The IC6.1.8 ISR14 and ICADVM20.1 production releases are now available for download…

• 4 min read
Cadence blogs , ADE Explorer , cadence , Virtuoso Layout EXL , Virtuoso RF Solution , IC Release Announcement blog , Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XL , Virtuoso , Analog Design Environment , ICADVM20.1 , IC Release Blog , Custom IC Design , Custom IC , IC6.1.8 , ADE Assembler , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

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TSMC OIP: Rent's Rule and Fast SerDes IP

Way back in the 1960s, E. Rent, who was working at IBM at the time, noticed a connection…

• 5 min read
n5 , 16ff , 112g , n7 , SerDes , 56g

System, PCB, & Package Design 

BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Creating Inter-Layer Checks Available in Constraint…

In standard PCB designs, various masks and surface finishes require verification…

• 3 min read
17.4 , Constraint Manager , Rigid-Flex , 17.4-2019 , PCB design , Allegro PCB Editor

System, PCB, & Package Design 

IC Packagers: Battening the Hatches After Going to Manufacturing

When you send the initial version of your design for manufacturing, it’s a huge sense…

• 4 min read
IC Packaging & SiP design , Allegro Package Designer , 17.4-2019

Academic Network

Two New Books for Your Bookshelf

With video conferences getting more and more popular it is a question how to present…

• 4 min read
PCellDesigner , Reutlingen University , PSPICE , Academic Network , OrCAD

Breakfast Bytes

Innovus Mixed Placer

It has been a dream for a long time to have a fully automated mixed placer that does…

• 5 min read

Breakfast Bytes

Jasper User Group 2020 Preview

The biggest gathering of formal verification engineers in the world takes place in…

• 3 min read
Jasper User Group , JUG , cadenceconnect , JasperGold

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Sunday Brunch Video for 4th October 2020

https://youtu.be/VZRwCBiexXQ Made in front of my TV Monday: The CHIPS Alliance …

• less than a min read
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Life at Cadence

The Returnship Journey - Part 4

Sanjita Chokshi’s Journey There are many reasons why working professionals take time…

• 3 min read
STEM , GPTW , WorkLifeBalance , returnship

Analog/Custom Design

SPECTRE 20.1 Release Now Available

The SPECTRE 20.1 release is now available.

• 1 min read
spectre aps , Spectre MS , Distributed HB , Spectre , XDP , Spectre X Simulator

Breakfast Bytes

Breakfast Bytes Update: DATE, OpenROAD, Starlink

This is one of my occasional posts where I update some posts that I covered earlier…

• 4 min read
openroad , update , starlink

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Virtuosity: 新しい柔軟なサブウィンドウ

Cadence® Virtuoso® Visualization and Analysis でのプロットは、ウィンドウまたはサブウィンドウにプロットすることができます…

• less than a min read
ICADVM18.1 , subwindows , waveforms , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , ViVA , Virtuosity , plotting templates , japanese blog , Custom IC Design , IC6.1.8

Breakfast Bytes

Breakfast Bytes Update: Learning & Support, Undersea Datacenter

This is one of my occasional posts where I update some posts that I covered earlier…

• 3 min read
microsoft , project natick , support app , Support , training , update
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