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Virtuoso Studio IC23.1 ISR16 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC23.1 ISR16 production release is now available for download.

Virtuoso Release Team
• 2 min read
IC 23.1 , featured , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release , Virtuoso

SoC and IP

The Next-Generation UCIe IP Subsystem for Advanced Package Designs

With the rapidly increasing connectivity demands driven by AI/ML and HPC/data center…

MBhatnagar
• 3 min read
ucie , Design IP , featured , TSMC , die-to-die

Corporate News

Cadence at the TSMC OIP: Pioneering the Future of Semiconductor Design

The semiconductor industry stands at a pivotal moment. As we push toward more advanced…

Corporate
• 3 min read
OIP , featured , 3D-IC , 3DIC , TSMC

Corporate News

Building a Future Beyond Boundaries with Honda and Cadence

We at Cadence are proud to be a long-term partner of Honda R&D (HGRX), and our collaboration…

Corporate
• 6 min read
Automotive , featured , physical ai , automotive electronics , AI
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Verification

Randomizing Error Locations in a 2D Array

A design team at a customer of mine started out with Specman for the first time…

• 3 min read
AF , IntelliGen , Specman , e code , stimuli , Generation , Funcional Verification

SoC and IP

RealTek Shows New HiFi-based Codec with Software from Sensory and ForteMedia

Watch these demonstrations of RealTek's new ALC5677 audio codec - which uses HiFi…

• less than a min read
voice recognition , audio , Sensory , microphone , HiFi , Tensilica , ForteMedia , always-on , RealTek

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: 14 Things I Learned in January and February 2014 by Browsing Cadence…

Time just got away from me last month, so here's two months worth of new content…

• 2 min read
AMS , Corners , ADE , ADE-GXL , PVT corners , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Customize Your Menus Dynamically with SKILL in Cadence Allegro 16.6-Based Layout…

Many users of the Allegro, APD, and SiP tools are familiar with the great flexibility…

• 5 min read
IC Packaging and SiP Design , IC packaging SiP Layout , Digital SiP design , IC Packaging & SiP design , IC packaging documentation , IC Package Physical layout and co-design

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays—How 2D Solutions Help Close the Memory Wall Gap

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays episode, Scott Jacobson deep dives into 2D memory…

• less than a min read
performance , Whiteboard Wednesdays , 2D Memory , DDR4 , UFS , eMMC , power

SoC and IP

MIPI Protocols—Making Mobile Happen at MWC

MIPI protocols are expected to ship in over 4 billion mobile devices this year. That…

• less than a min read
controller IP , Verification IP , Design IP , IP , MIPI Alliance , PHY , BIF , Slimbus , VIP , MIPI , CSI , MWC , semiconductor IP , M-PHY

SoC and IP

Android Audio Offload Explained at Mobile World Congress

Want to lower power in your next Android TM device? Look to the industry's first…

• less than a min read

Verification

New Incisive Verification App and Papers at DVCon by Marvell and TI

If you're an avid reader of Cadence press releases (and what self-respecting verification…

• 1 min read
Formal Analysis , formal , Funcional Verification , DVCon 2014 , Formal verification , Assertion-based verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About DEHDL’s Cross Referencing of Hierarchical Nets? 16.6 has Several…

The 16.6 Design Entry HDL (DEHDL) Cross Referencer has some new enhancements to report…

• less than a min read
PCB , Cadence Design Systems , hierarchy , cadence , 16.6 , hierarchical schematics , SPB , Design Entry HDL , design , Design Entry , Grzenia , ConceptHDL , hierarchical block

Verification

Incisive vManager at DVCon - Come See It!

Have you heard the news? There is a new version of vManager announced this week,…

• 1 min read
collaboration , : Functional Verification , Verification methodology , cadence , Functional Verification , vPlan , Verisity , DVcon , metric-driven verification , functional coverage , vManager

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - How the MIPI Alliance Works to Enhance Mobile Devices

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays episode, Moshik Ruben, Product Marketing Director…

• less than a min read
mobile devices , UniPro , D-PHY , MIPI , MIPI protocols , M-PHY

Analog/Custom Design

What's the Worst that Could Happen?: Worst-Case Corners in ADE GXL

In addition to combinations of temperature range and power supply voltages (usually…

• 2 min read
Variability Aware Design , Corners analysis , worst case corners , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , ADE-GXL , Analog Design Environment

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - Implementing Always-On Audio

In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesdays episode, Gerard Andrews, from the Tensilica…

• less than a min read
mobile devices , Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP , sensor fusion , voice trigger , Tensilica , HiFi DSP , always on audio , audio playback

Analog/Custom Design

What Your Circuit Doesn't Know, Can Kill It!

Device variation has been a long-standing problem in custom design. Over the years…

• 1 min read
IP , post-extraction , corner , in-design , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , physical implementation , device variation , IC design

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Improve Design Quality with Adjacent Layer Object Avoidance in the 16.6 Cadence APD…

In this week's discussion, let's take a look at a cornerstone of every good substrate…

• 2 min read
IC Packaging and SiP Design , package , packaging , IC Packaging and SiP , APD , IC Packaging & SiP design , SiP Layout , IC Package Physical layout and co-design

Verification

e Language Editing with Emacs

Specman and e have been around for a while, and some clever people have developed…

• 1 min read
AF , Specman , Incisive Debug Analyzer , e code , xemacs , Funcional Verification , editing , emacs

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - What is VIP?

Today, our continuing Whiteboard Wednesdays video blog series will provide an overview…

• less than a min read
Verification IP , Memory , VIP , EDA , interfaces , SoC design

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro/OrCAD/Sigrity Quarterly Incremental Releases (QiRs)? Check…

You’ve no doubt seen announcements (either via customer emails, on the Cadence website…

• 1 min read
PCB , Allegro 16.6 , 16.6 , Support , SPB , Front-end PCB design , OrCAD , Sigrity , Allegro

Verification

Incisive Verification: Top 10 Things I Learned While Browsing Cadence Online Support…

There is always a demand, in most corners of the world today, for learning and troubleshooting…

• 9 min read
IEEE-1801 , LPS , App Note Incisive Simulation , Cadence Online Support , RAK , UVC , UPF , IES
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