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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

Corporate News

CadenceLIVE India 2025 Recap – Where Inspiration Meets Innovation

On August 13, 2025, CadenceLIVE India 2025 set the stage for a remarkable convergence…

Reela Samuel
• 2 min read
featured , cadence , AI-Driven Design , cadencelive , AI
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Breakfast Bytes

"I Couldn't Imagine Being Too Poor for Servants, or Rich Enough for a Car"

Agatha Christie, looking back on her early life, remarked that she: I couldn’t imagine…

• 5 min read
exponential , moore's law , baumol's cost disease

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - What Really Matters When Selecting IP

In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, Tom Hackett says that PPA is only the tip of…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP , SoC Integration

Digital Design

High-Level Synthesis: The Secret Is Out

Gone is the day when companies (our customers) kept their use of high-level synthesis…

• 2 min read
High-Level Synthesis , CDNLive , Stratus , HLS

Breakfast Bytes

Imec on EUV. Are We There Yet?

I already gave an introduction to my first visit to imec in my life in my post If…

• 7 min read
imec , stochastics , EUV

Breakfast Bytes

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview June 18th to 22nd 2018

https://youtu.be/puYFl7m50tM Coming from Dilijian Armenia (camera Gary Bengier…

• less than a min read
rsa conference , rsa , Dolby , millennial , virtual cad , Tensilica , ludwigsburg , dap light

Verification

DMS 2.0 - What's Cool and What's New

Are you aware of all the cool new features in Digital Mixed Signal 2.0 (DMS 2.0)…

• 1 min read
digital mixed signal , Functional Verification , DMS 2.0 , xcelium simulator

Breakfast Bytes

FD-SOI vs FinFET: Dan Hutcheson Re-Runs His Survey

Recently, the SOI Consortium held its annual Silicon Valley Symposium. I was only…

• 3 min read
FinFET , FD-SOI

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: Let's Have Fun with ADE Debugging – Part 1

Over the years, we have seen our customers’ usage of ICRPs increase dramatically…

• 9 min read
performance , ADE Explorer , ADE L , Virtuoso , ADE-XL , Virtuosity , Simulators , Custom IC Design , ICRP , ADE Assembler

Breakfast Bytes

Why Did EDA Have a Hardware Business Model?

Business models are really important. Just ask any internet startup company that…

• 7 min read
term license , hardware , EDA , cadence cloud

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso IC6.1.7 ISR20 and ICADV12.3 ISR20 Now Available

The IC6.1.7 ISR20 and ICADV12.3 ISR20 production releases are now available for download…

• 3 min read
IC , ISR20 , ICADV12.3 , ADE , Layout , Virtuoso , Virtuosity , IC6.1.7 , Custom IC Design , Custom IC

Verification

Speedup SystemVerilog UVM Debug Regression Time with Dynamic Test Load

Microsemi has been evaluating a unique feature in Xcelium System Verilog UVM Dynamic…

• 2 min read
SystemVerilog , uvm , Dynamic Test Load , Functional Verification , xcelium

Breakfast Bytes

Imec Roadmap

I recently visited imec. For an overview of my day, see my earlier post If It's Tuesday…

• 7 min read
nanosheet , stco , 3nm , imec , gaa , FinFET , DTCO

The India Circuit

Indian Airports Go High Tech

No more printed tickets. Shorter queues at check-in counters. Humanoid robots walking…

• 3 min read
Kempegowda International Airport , aadhaar , Airports Authority of India , KIAL , KEMPA , Priyank Kharge

Verification

PCI-SIG Developer's Conference: What's New with Gen 5 and When Will it be Adopted…

The release of PCIe 4.0 rev 1.0 in October 2017 was anticlimactic after the announcement…

• 3 min read
controller IP , Verification IP , PCIe Gen4 , PHY , PCIe , PCIe Gen5 , verification

Breakfast Bytes

Heinz Nixdorf's Legacy in Paderborn

I read somewhere that the largest computer museum in the world is the Heinz Nixdorf…

• 6 min read
paderborn , museum , heinz nixdorf museumsforum , nixdorf

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - Verification Deliverables Required for Successful SoC In…

In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, YJ Patil explains the importance of having a…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP-XACT , Functional Verification , IP integration

Breakfast Bytes

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview June 11th to 15th 2018

https://youtu.be/IYm-CauwKTo Coming from Yerevan Armenia (camera Jack Darrow)…

• less than a min read
dac55 , chipestimate , Raspberry Pi , cloud , baumol's cost disease , FinFET , EUV , FD-SOI

Verification

RAK Attack: Verifying Power Intent for Low Power Mixed Signal SoCs

The wait is finally over—the Rapid Adoption Kit (RAK) for verifying the power intent…

• 2 min read
Low Power , Functional Verification , RAK , power intent , mixed signal

Breakfast Bytes

A Computer Scientist Takes a Look at Mechanical Security

I wrote recently about visiting The Tech in San Jose. One of the exhibits showed…

• 8 min read
security , master key
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