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プネー拠点設立20周年を迎えるケイデンス、長期的な研究開発へのコミットメントを強化

ケイデンスのプネー拠点は設立20周年。DSP IPやAIアクセラレータなど最先端の半導体IPを開発し、インドの人材育成・半導体戦略を推進。

Cadence Japan
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news story , featured , Cadence Culture , japanese blog

Corporate News

Cadence Celebrates 20 Years in Pune, Reinforces Long-Term R&D Commitment

Cadence, a global leader in electronic system design, is celebrating 20 years in…

Corporate
• 1 min read
news story , featured , Cadence Culture

Cadence Japan

ケイデンス、TSMC N3Pテクノロジーで64Gbps対応UCIe IPソリューションをテープアウト

ケイデンス、第3世代UCIe IPをTSMC N3Pでテープアウト。64Gbps対応でAI/HPC向けマルチダイ設計を加速、業界最高水準の帯域密度を実現。

Cadence Japan
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news story , ucie , featured , chiplets , TSMC N3P

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR3 Now Available

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

KomalJohar
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IC25.1 , featured , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release Announcement blog
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Analog/Custom Design

Making Friends With Parasitic Effects

OK, so the title is perhaps a little optimistic but I'm playing off the saying …

• 2 min read
PAD , Bleasdale , analog , ADE , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , ADE-GXL , ADE-XL , Parasitic analysis , Custom IC Design , parasitics

Verification

Corner-Case Conditions Will Get You Every Time

Experienced verification engineers know that most killer bugs lurk deep in the corners…

• 2 min read
Functional Verification , bugs , corner cases , dec , Gordon Bell

Verification

New Interview with Partner Zocalo on Their Assertion Creation Philosophy and Approach…

Heads-up Team Verify subscribers: on his "Industry Insights" blog Richard Goering…

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DAC , ABV , Zocalo , verification strategy , Verification methodology , Functional Verification , formal , assertions , verification

Verification

A SystemC TLM 2.0 ARM Linux Boot Loader

Earlier this year I wrote an article with some details related to loading Linux into…

• 6 min read
TLM2 , virtual platforms , System Design and Verification , TLM 2.0 , embedded software , boot loader , software , SystemC , ARM , linux , System Design and Verification , kernel

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Capture Intersheet References? The Secret's in the SPB16.3 Release

The SPB16.3 release of OrCAD Capture now allows you to create intersheet references…

• 5 min read
PCB , SPB16.3 , Design Entry CIS , OrCAD Capture , Allegro 16.3 , SPB 16.3 , Capture CIS , Capture-CIS , SPB , design , OrCAD , intersheet , Design Entry , Schematic , Allegro

RF Engineering

Measuring Transistor fmax

There were several questions about measuring transistor f max in comments posted…

• 3 min read

Analog/Custom Design

SKILL for the Skilled: Rule of English Translation

An obvious criticism of my previous post SKILL for the Skilled: Making Programs…

• 3 min read
Team SKILL , English translation , Norvig , Lisp , Custom IC Design , SKILL , clarity

Verification

“Everything Assertion Based” -- Assertion-Based Verification (ABV) Comes of Age for…

Preface: are you having trouble (re-)igniting interest in formal, muti-engine, and…

• 5 min read
NextOp , ABV , Zocalo , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , formal , VIP , PSL , assertion synthesis , metric-driven verification , coverage driven verification (CDV) , assertions , AMBA , MDV , IEV , IFV

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Mechanical Parts in ADW? Check Out the ADW16.3 Release and See

Mechanical part support! It's here in the Allegro Design Workbench (ADW16.3) release…

• 2 min read
PCB , SPB16.3 , DEHDL , mechanical parts , SPB 16.3 , Library flow , Library and design data management , PCB Editor , Design Entry HDL , Front-end PCB design , design , Component Information Portal (CIP) , Design Entry , ADW 16.3 , Allegro PCB Editor , ConceptHDL , library , ADW , Allegro

SoC and IP

The 3D SSD

You need three things from a solid-state disk (SSD): speed, capacity, and reliability…

• 1 min read

Verification

Evolution and Synthesis

If you have not yet seen it, Jim Hogan and Paul McLellan wrote a great piece over…

• 2 min read
High-Level Synthesis , RTL , Hogan , EETimes , SystemC , evolution , HLS , McLellan

Analog/Custom Design

Video Demo -- Increase Simulation Accuracy and Efficiency With SpectreMDL

MDL is an immensely powerful feature in our simulators that allows designers to run…

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Analog/Custom Design

Video Demo -- Increase Simulation Accuracy and Efficiency With SpectreMDL

Measurement Description Language (MDL) is an immensely powerful feature in our simulators…

• less than a min read
analog , Virtuoso , spectreMDL , Spectre , MDL , Custom IC Design

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Part Developer and Fonts? You Can Change Them in SPB16.3!

PCB Librarian Expert (sometimes known as Part Developer or PDV ) is the librarian…

• 2 min read
SPB16.3 , part developer , PDV Symbol , Allegro 16.3 , SPB 16.3 , SPB , design , fonts , Design Entry , Librarians , ConceptHDL , library , Allegro

Verification

Does It Get Any Better than CDNLive! India?

I've just returned from CDNLive! India in Bangalore, fired up with the huge crowd…

• 3 min read
CDNLive , formal , OVM , ISX , MDV , IFV , techtorial , India , verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

A Shorter, Predictable Design Cycle for Complex PCBs - Dynamic Phase Control

This is second in a series of blog posts about making your design cycles shorter…

• 1 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , DDR2 , ECSets , Constraint-driven PCB Design flow , Allegro 16.3 , phase control , XAUI , PCB design , dynamic phase control , DDR3 , Allegro

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About PCB SI Case Management? SPB16.3 Has a Few New Enhancements!

The SPB16.3 PCB SI release has simplified the use of case management. In previous…

• 1 min read
PCB SI , PCB , SI , RF , SPB16.3 , SiP , Signal Intregrity , SigXP UI , Allegro 16.3 , SPB 16.3 , SPB , PCB design

Verification

“Formal Design” or “Formal Verification”-- What is the Right Label?

Shortly after DAC 2010, Gabe Morretti wrote a couple of interesting blogs (reference…

• 3 min read
DAC , uvm , ABV , CDNLive , Functional Verification , formal , OVM , EDA360 , EDA , SoC , Silicon Realization , SoC Connectivity , connectivity , IFV

Verification

Broadcom Presentation Shows Value of Transaction-Based Acceleration

Wow - what a paper! At CDNLive! Silicon Valley 2010 , the joint paper from Broadcom…

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CDNLive , Acceleration , System Design and Verification , Palladium , broadcom , Emulation , transaction-based , simulation , verification
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