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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

Cadence Japan

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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Verification

Virtual Platform UART Use Number 4: Connecting to an RTOS Tracing Framework

This is the last installment of my series on different uses for the UART in Virtual…

• 4 min read
Virtual System Platform , virtual platforms , Quantum Platform , virtual prototypes , dining philosophers , UART , System Design and Verification , RTOS tracing , QP , software , qspy

Verification

Come See How to Connect SystemVerilog and SystemC Using UVM

All pun-tastic references aside, connecting SystemVerilog and SystemC is becoming…

• 1 min read
SystemVerilog , uvm , OVM ML , Functional Verification , webinar , multi-language , SystemC , IES

System, PCB, & Package Design 

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

In the distributed co-design environment in the SPB16.5 Allegro Package Designer…

• 4 min read
PCB , SiP , IC Packaging , packaging , SiP Design , APD , Allegro 16.5 , IC/package co-design , PCB Editor , Allegro Package Designer , Layout , design , PCB design , die abstract compare , SPB16.5 , die abstract , Allegro

Analog/Custom Design

SKILL for the Skilled: Introduction to Classes -- Part 3

In the previous posting Introduction to Classes -- Part 2 we saw the high level…

• 8 min read
Team SKILL , programming , Sudoku , classes , IC 6.1.5 , object orientation , Virtuoso , Lisp , Custom IC Design , SKILL++ , SKILL

Verification

Too Many Missing Real-World Assertions?

Well, here I am embarking on my fifth post in which I point out illogical situations…

• 4 min read
ABV , Functional Verification , formal , assertions , Assertion-based verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Team Allegro to Preview PCB 3D Full-Wave Technology at EPEPS 2011

At the Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems conference ( EPEPS…

• 1 min read
PCB , UIUC , EMS2D , EPEPS , interconnects , PCB PI , packaging , 3D extraction , PCB Signal and power integrity , Signal Integrity , full-wave , Allegro PCB SI , PCB design , EM , EMS3D , DDR3 , Allegro

Verification

Formal Verification with Asynchronous Clocks

Many designs have multiple independent clock inputs with different frequency specifications…

• 2 min read
ABV , asssertion-based verification , Joerg Mueller , Verification methodology , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , formal , SVA , PSL , assertions , IEV , Formal verification , IFV , verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro GRE Disabling Bundle Compression? It’s in the 16.5 Release

With the SPB16.5 release of Allegro Global Route Environment (GRE) , you can now…

• 1 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , bundle compression , global route , Routing , Allegro 16.5 , PCB Editor , Layout , design , PCB design , SPB16.5 , Allegro PCB Editor , GRE , disabiling bundle compression , Allegro

Verification

Automating UVM to Tackle Insidious HW/SW Bugs

You've just sat through a 2-hour program review. The 30 minutes you spent describing…

• 1 min read
SystemVerilog , uvm , bugs , Duolog , universal verification methodology , Accellera VIP TSC , David Murray , IES

RF Engineering

Guidelines for Maximizing Speed vs Accuracy for Harmonic Balance - Part 1

Greetings, I am often asked for guidelines on maximizing speed vs. accuracy for SpectreRF…

• 2 min read
RF , RF Simulation , analog/RF , APS , HB , Spectre RF , Analog Simulation , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , ADE , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , spectreRF , RF design , harmonic balance

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro PCB Router HDI Via Tangency? Check Out 16.5!

High Density Interconnect (HDI) techniques are increasing in the PCB domain. HDI…

• 1 min read
PCB , blind vias , global route , Routing , layer stacks , High Speed , via tangency , Allegro 16.5 , PCB Editor , High-Density Interconnect , Layout , via , design , miniaturization , PCB design , SPB16.5 , Allegro PCB Editor , buried vias , HDI , microvia , Allegro

Verification

Free Webinar Thursday 10/13 -- Automating Assertion Generation for Simulation, Formal…

Everyone can agree that Assertion-Based Verification (ABV) is a powerful methodology…

• 1 min read
NextOp , Joe Hupcey III , ABV , methodology , interview , Formal Analysis , BugScope , Incisive , webinar , DVcon , assertion synthesis , assertions , IEV , Yuan Lu , Formal verification , IFV , Assertion-based verification , IES-XL

Verification

17M Gates in 8 Months with 2 Designers -- What is Your ROI for Higher-Abstraction…

In their presentation at the recent SystemC Japan conference, Renesas Micro Systems…

• 3 min read
time-to-market , High-Level Synthesis , verification turnaround , TLM , C-to-Silcon , ROI , System-Level Design , SystemC , C-to-Silicon Compiler , productivity

Digital Design

Encounter Quick Tip: Dimming the Display with F12

I remember when I first started working with the Cooper & Chyan Technology (CCT)…

• 1 min read
dimming display , Encounterer Digital Implementation System , highlight , display , encounter , highlighted objects , darken display , quick tip , F12

Analog/Custom Design

Managing ECOs in Mixed Signal Designs

Imagine you are days away from completing the implementation of a fairly complex…

• 3 min read
ECO , Farhat , mixed signal design , CPF , Open Access , Floorplanning , ECOs , mixed-signal ECOs , Mixed-Signal , encounter , Virtuoso , oa , Mixed signal physical implementation

Verification

Amazon’s New Kindles: More Steps Toward the Paperback Computer

While I understand that a new Kindle Fire at $199 MRSP is significantly more than…

• 4 min read
Verification IP , RPP , SaaS , Joe Hupcey III , paperback computer , Cadence VIP portfolio , Kindle , system realization , VIP , EDA360 , EDA , VSP , Palladium XP , tablet , Hosted Design Solutions , Jim Hogan , Rapid Prototyping Platform , Amazon , Steve Leibson , cloud computing

Digital Design

Encounter Quick Tip: Finding Available Cell Masters with dbGet

When you first start using dbGet, many of your queries branch off the "top" keyword…

• 1 min read
dbGet , finding cells , cell masters , filler cells , encounter , Digital Implementation , Encounter Digital Implementation , quick tip

Verification

Technical Tip on How to Use HDL Assertions in e

While assertion callbacks have existed in Specman/e for several years now, several…

• 2 min read
IntelliGen , Specman , Incisive Enterprise Simulator , Incisive , e , SVA , e language , team specman , OOP , assertions , eRM , simulation , AOP , verification , Assertion-based verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro Database Locking? See for Yourself in 16.5!

Prior to the SPB16.5 release, multiple designers can edit and update the same Allegro…

• 2 min read
PCB , database locking , Allegro 16.5 , SPB , PCB Editor , Layout , design , PCB design , SPB16.5 , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro
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