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Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR1 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR1 production release is now available for download.

Virtuoso Release Team
• 1 min read
IC25.1 , featured , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release Blog Announcement

Corporate News

MSU Leveraging Intel 16 and the Cadence Tool Flow for Academic Chip Tapeout

Morgan State University (MSU) recently received an Apple Innovation Grant, designed…

Corporate
• 4 min read
news story , featured , Cadence Academic Network

Digital Design

Himax Accelerates Chip Design with Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer

Himax Technologies Inc ., a leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display…

Vinod Khera
• 2 min read
featured , Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer , Digital Implementation , AI/ML

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Studio IC23.1 ISR15 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC23.1 ISR15 production release is now available for download.

Virtuoso Release Team
• 2 min read
featured , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release , IC Release Blog Announcement , Virtuoso
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Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: 14 Things I Learned in May 2015 by Browsing Cadence Online Support

Cadence Documentation 1. Cadence Documentation Survey Cadence is committed…

• 4 min read
ADE XL , Virtuoso , Spectre

Verification

Designing a Google Ara Module and Worrying About MIPI UniPro?

So you've looked at Google project ARA and you have the most brilliant idea for a…

• 1 min read
Verification IP , UniPro , Ara , VIP , MIPI , google , TripleCheck

Verification

Aargh!!! How Can I Read Arguments from the Command Line Without argv?

Many times a user would like to be able to modify the behavior of a program based…

• 3 min read
Specman , Functional Verification , e language , simulation

Verification

Multi-Language Verification Environment (#4)—Multi-Language Hierarchy

In the previous posts in this series on Multi-Language Verification Environment,…

• 2 min read
uvm , Functional Verification , e , universal verification methodology , e language , multi-language , verification

Digital Design

Five-Minute Tutorial: The Innovus Standard Flow

Hi Everyone, Last week I highlighted a video featuring Innovus User Interface…

• less than a min read
design flow , Digital Implementation , Innovus , five minute tutorial

Verification

Multi-Language Verification Environment (#3) – Connecting UVM Scoreboard to a Multi…

In the previous blog post , we demonstrated connecting a checker implemented in SystemVerilog…

• 3 min read
SystemVerilog , uvm , multi-language verification , UVM Scoreboard , verification

Verification

DAC 2015 – Join Us to Experience the Continuum of Verification and System Development…

The biggest yearly event in electronic design automation (EDA) is due to take over…

• 8 min read
cadence , EDA , Moscone Center , DAC 2015 , verification , system development

Verification

It’s Time to Modernize Debug Data and It’s Happening at DAC

“The leading edge is 1 million gates.” That was the news when we approved IEEE Verilog…

• 2 min read
Verdi , debug , simvision , VCs , Indago , Debussy , Questa , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays—What's a Configurable Processor?

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Chris Rowen discusses the basics of Tensilica…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP , Chris Rowen , Tensilica , configurable processor

Digital Design

Five-Minute Tutorial: Innovus User Interface Tips

Hi Everyone, No doubt by now you have heard about the Innovus Implementation System…

• less than a min read
UI , Digital Implementation , Innovus , five minute tutorial

Verification

How Ethernet Standards Are Born

I attend IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards meetings and blog about them from time to…

• 5 min read
Verification IP , 802.3bp , Ethernet standards , Automotive Ethernet , Ethernet , 802.3 , Marris

Verification

Multi-Language Verification Environment (#2) – Passing Items on TLM Ports, Using…

In the previous blog post , we created a simple multi-language verification environment…

• 3 min read
IEEE 1647 , uvm , methodology , Functional Verification , e , universal verification methodology , e language , multi-language , verification

Verification

Multi-Language Verification Environment—Getting First Run in Few Minutes

Seems that by now, every one in the industry realizes that multi-language verification…

• 2 min read
uvm , methodology , e , e language , UVC , multi-language

Verification

Specman deep_copy()—Creating Too Many Structs

This blog starts with a description of a debugging session of a mysterious behavior…

• 3 min read
Specman , debug , e , Funcional Verification , ClubT

SoC and IP

Three Steps for USB Application Success – Design, Verify, Certify

With the USB protocol being so popular nowadays (and frankly speaking, was there…

• 2 min read
Design IP , host , cadence , controller , PHY , OTG , USB , Dual Mode , ip cores , Dual Role , device

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - DDR4 Bank Grouping

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Kishore Kasamsetty continues his discussion…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , DDR4 , memory IP , DDR4 bank grouping

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good or Not So Good About Cadence Documentation? Here’s Your Chance to Let…

Most of our customers use the product documentation, Help, and Cadence Online Support…

• less than a min read
COS , Cadence Design Systems , Cadence Online Support , Cadence Help , Cadence documentation

SoC and IP

IP is BIG at the Design Automation Conference, June 7-11, in San Francisco

Think that DAC is all about EDA tools? Not anymore. This year there are over 100…

• 2 min read
controller IP , Verification IP , DSP , Design IP , IP , Chris Rowen , Rowen , IP blocks , ip cores , Tensilica , DAC 2015 , Design IP and Verification IP

SoC and IP

How to Design to the ‘Always-on’ IoT Imperative

I’ll never forget covering a presentation that then-National Semiconductor CEO Brian…

• 2 min read
IP , Chris Rowen , cadence , IoT , Fusion , Tensilica , Internet of Everything. , Internet of Things
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