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AI Infra Summit Highlights: Cadence's Unique Design for AI and AI for Design

The AI Infra Summit 2025 was a great experience that left attendees buzzing with…

Corporate
• 7 min read
featured , AI Infra Summit 2025 , AI for design , Cadence Reality Digital Twin Platform , design for AI

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Ambarella Redefines Edge AI Performance with Cadence

Ambarella stands at the forefront of edge AI processing, pioneering low-power, high…

Corporate
• 4 min read
Edge AI , featured , Ambarella

Corporate News

Explore Photonics and Quantum Technologies at CadenceCONNECT 2025

The intersection of photonics and quantum computing marks a pivotal moment in advancing…

Vinod Khera
• 1 min read
Quantum States , featured , cadenceconnect , photonics , Quantum Technology

Analog/Custom Design

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
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Verification

Why Verification Engineers Are Like Football Players

Is it their raw power? Is it the cheerleaders? Why are verification engineers like…

• less than a min read
performance , CDNLive , Functional Verification , OVM , Multi-Core , MDV , IES , IES-XL

Digital Design

Encounter How-To: Write Text to The Log File With "Puts"

Here's a simple but useful tip that shows how to write to the log file using the…

• 1 min read
EDI system , Digital Implementation , Encounter Digital Implementation , tcl

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Net Color Override in Allegro? Check Out The SPB16.2 Release and…

Color assignment in Allegro PCB Editor has been accomplished with either a class…

• 1 min read
SPB 16.2 , color , Allegroro , PCB design

Verification

4 Minute Demo: OVM e Compliance Checks Added to AMIQ's DVT

Specmaniacs rejoice: long time Verification Alliance partner AMIQ has just added…

• less than a min read
eclipse , Specman , Functional Verification , OVM , OVM e , e , AMIQ

Verification

Where’s The “You” In The OVM?

Cadence and Mentor have dedicated teams to the development and support of the OVM…

• 2 min read
OVM ML , Functional Verification , OVM , OVM e , OVM SV , OVM Advisory Group , OVMWorld , IES-XL

Verification

4G Is Here Now

If you have not heard about 4G yet, it is here now. Verizon has already paid earlier…

• less than a min read
4G , System Design and Verification , Verizon , Rohde & Schwarz , Wimax , mobile

Analog/Custom Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: ViVA

Sorry I've been missing from this space for so long. I've been busily working on…

• 3 min read
ViVa-XL , IC 6.1 , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

Verification

Keeping Trident Missiles "On Target" With System-Level Verification

Can you think of a more critical application for system-level verification than making…

• 1 min read
Mil-Aero , TLM , Draper Labs , System Design and Verification , Palladium

Digital Design

How To: Purge Interactive Constraints in MMMC Mode

These tips are applicable to the Encounter Digital Implementation System . Back in…

• 3 min read
timing constraints , Digital Implementation , mmmc , Encounter Digital Implementation System 8.1 , tcl

Verification

Specman/IES-XL 9.2 Is Posted - Come And Get It!

We interrupt the Specman 9.2 preview series and ClubT news to announce that 9.2 is…

• less than a min read
Specman , CDNLive , Functional Verification , e , Incisive Seminar , ClubT , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES-XL

Verification

Why OVM? John Aynsley of Doulos Has 10 Reasons

Believe it or not, sometimes a marketing guy just needs to say less. It's true. It…

• less than a min read
SystemVerilog , OVM ML , Functional Verification , OVM e , OVM SV , SystemC , eRM , OVM 2.0 , OVM SC , IES-XL

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Package Power Integrity? You'll Need SPB16.2 To See!

As clock and data frequencies increase and high-speed systems become ever more densely…

• 10 min read
SPB 16.2 , SiP , Integrity , Allegroro , PCB design , power , PaKSi

Verification

Demo: New Signal Tracing Capability in Incisive Enterprise Simulator

One of the great things about working here at Cadence is having the opportunity to…

• less than a min read
Functional Verification , simvision , Incisive , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES , verification , IES-XL

Verification

Extending Multiple When-Subtypes Simultaneously

[For those of you that didn't / can't make it to a ClubT last week/this week , here…

• 4 min read
Specman , Functional Verification , e , ClubT , macros , AOP , IES-XL

Verification

Synopsys’ “Synphony” Announcement – Welcome to the Party!

I’m glad Synopsys realized the world really IS moving to the next higher level of…

• 1 min read
TLM , RTL , System Design and Verification , ESL , verification

Verification

Incisive Enterprise Verifier for Everyone!

Last week Cadence announced a new product called Incisive Enterprise Verifier (IEV…

• 2 min read
verifier , Functional Verification , formal , OVM , Incisive , IEV

Verification

The Scoop on the New Incisive Enterprise Verifier

Last week we announced Incisive Enterprise Verifier (IEV). What is cool about IEV…

• less than a min read
funtional verification , ABV , CDNLive , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , Testbench simulation , Incisive , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , verification

Verification

Webcast: EDA, ESL and More Ideas From DAC

From the events calendar, OpenSystems Media is hosting a webcast tomorrow titled…

• less than a min read
System Design and Verification , PMC Sierra , OpenSystems , Virtual Platforms , ISX , ESL

Verification

Virtualization and Simulation Roundtable

A couple of weeks ago I participated in a roundtable discussion led by Peggy Aycinena…

• 2 min read
virtualization , VMware , Palladium , Virtual Box , EDA Cafe , ARM , System Design and Verification
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