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CadenceLIVE India 2025 Recap – Where Inspiration Meets Innovation

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

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

Analog/Custom Design

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
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RF Engineering

SpectreRF Tutorials and Appnotes... Shhhh... We Have a NEW Best Kept Secret!

It's been a while since you've heard from me...it has been a busy year for sure.…

• 1 min read
RF Simulation , wireless , Wilsey , tutorial , spectreRF , Appnote , RF design , transmission lines , harmonic balance , SpectreRF tutorials

Verification

Practical Guide to the UVM for $15 - Virginia, There is a Santa!

Wondering what to get the verification engineer on your list? You know, the one with…

• less than a min read
funtional verification , SystemVerilog , scoreboard , uvm , IEEE 1800 , Verification methodology , UVMWorld , OVM , Incisive Enterprise Simulator , Register Package , SoC , IEEE1800 , Register Layer , IES , IUS , VMM

Analog/Custom Design

Support for Low Power Mixed Signal Designs in Virtuoso Schematic-XL

Why is There a Need for Low Power Solutions? With an increase in the demand for…

• 8 min read
Low Power , mixed signal design , mixed-signal methodology , mixed signal solution , CPF , LVS , cdl , Schematics-XL , Mixed-Signal , analog/mixed-signal , Virtuoso , mixed signal

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Take Your Via Structures from Ordinary to Exceptional with 16.6 IC Packaging Advanced…

Via structures—those reusable patterns of conductor clines and vias designers rely…

• 5 min read
IC Packaging and SiP Design , SiP , IC Packaging , packaging , Analog and RF SiP design , 16.6 , IC package design , APD , wirebonds , APR , IC Packaging & SiP design , BGA , Allegro Package Designer , IC packaging documentation , early adopter , APD 16.6 , SiP Layout , wirebonding , IC Package Physical layout and co-design

SoC and IP

Great Progress with Ethernet Standards Development

The IEEE 802 local area networking standards committee held its plenary meeting in…

• 2 min read
controller IP , Verification IP , PoDL , 802.3bp , Design IP , IP , cadence , 802.3bs , PHY , 400Gpbs , 40Gbps , Automotive Ethernet , 802.3bt , 802.3bq , 802.3br , 100Gbps , 802.3bu , IEEE 802.3 , Ethernet , 802.3bm , Marris , 802.3bj , semiconductor IP , Ethernet PHYs , Power over Data Lines , Power over Ethernet

Verification

Covering Edges (Part I) – Cool Automation

With random generation, most of the fields are due to be quite well covered. If…

• 2 min read
AF , e language , Funcional Verification , functional coverage , coverage driven verification (CDV) , Aspect Oriented Programming

Analog/Custom Design

SKILL for the Skilled: SKILL++ hi App Forms

One way to learn how to use the SKILL++ Object System is by extending an application…

• 10 min read
layout hierarchy , Jim Newton , schematic hierarchy , object orientation , Layout , Virtuoso , object system , software development , design hierarchy , SKILL++ , SKILL , Schematic

Verification

Accelerating Code Coverage Using Palladium XP Rapid Adoption Kit

Code coverage is an effective tool in the verification process, giving insights into…

• 1 min read
IMC , System level verification and validation with Palladium XP , Rapid Adoption Kits , Palladium XP , UniCov Databases , Accelerated Code Coverage , RAKs , Accelerated Coverage , Assertions and Functional Coverage with covergroups.

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Optimize Your PCB Decoupling Capacitors and Remain a Person of Integrity

How much integrity is too much? If your PCB designs apply one or more decoupling…

• 2 min read
PDN , Power Integrity , High Speed , OptimizePI , Power Delivery Network , power-aware SI , decap , Allegro Sigrity

Analog/Custom Design

SKILL for the Skilled: Simple Testing Macros

In this post I want to look at an easy way to write simple self-testing code. This…

• 5 min read
Team SKILL , programming , shuffle , Jim Newton , SKILL for the Skilled , macros , Lisp , SKILL++ , SKILL

Verification

High-Level Synthesis Now Spans the Datapath-Control Spectrum

When we talk to prospective high-level synthesis (HLS) customers, one of the slides…

• 1 min read
antenna interface controller , controll logic , ITRI , NAND flash controller , C-to-Silcon , Freescale , System C , rtl compiler , data access controller , datapath , high level synthesis , Fujitsu Semiconductor

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Signal Integrity Analysis of Serial Data Channels—A Complete Solution Using Allegro…

Back in the day, when challenged to transfer data faster, we increased the width…

• 1 min read
Serial link analysis , High Speed , IBIS-AMI , Signal Integrity , SI analysis and modeling , SystemSI , Allegro Sigrity

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: 12 Things I Learned in October by Browsing Cadence Online Support

Lots of routing, a little AMS, and finishing off with some fun... Application Notes…

• 3 min read
SystemVerilog , AMS , PAD , Virtuoso Space-based Router , VSR , Routing , Spectre , mixed signal

Digital Design

11 Things I Learned by Browsing Cadence Online Support

I guess by now most of us are already familiar with Rapid Adoption Kits (RAKs). These…

• 3 min read
Digital Implementation forums , How To , Cadence EDI System , power routing , Floorplanning , encounter digital implementation system , beginner , NanoRoute , training , Appnotes , Top Ten , digital implementation , Cadence Encounter Power System , GigaOpt , Digital Implementation , Encounter Digital Implementation , crosstalk , app notes , high performance , Rapid Adoption Kits , encounter power system , OpenAccess , Floorplanning and Prototyping , RAKs , FlipChip

Verification

High-Level Synthesis—What Expertise Is Needed for Micro-Architecture Tradeoffs?

My most recent blog post mentioned how utilizing new algorithms together with high…

• 5 min read
RAM , micro-architecture , hardware , C-to-Silcon , C , SystemC , HLS , C++

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Capture’s NetGroup Update? 16.6 Has a Few New Enhancements!

The 16.6 release of OrCAD Capture provides a few enhancements in the area of NetGroups…

• 1 min read
capture , Cadence Design Systems , Allegro 16.6 , cadence , hierarchical net groups , OrCAD Capture , 16.6 , Capture CIS , Capture-CIS , hierarchical schematics , SPB , design , NetGroups , OrCAD , Grzenia , net groups , NetGroup , Schematic , hierarchical block

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About FPGA System Planner and Netgroups? 16.6 Has It!

Beginning with the 16.6 SPB release, FPGA System Planner (FSP) can create net groups…

• 2 min read
PCB , Cadence Design Systems , FPGA: ASIC Prototype , Allegro 16.6 , cadence , FPGA-PCB Co-Design , FPGA System Planner , 16.6 , FPGAs , PCB Editor , setup , Layout , Front-end PCB design , design , NetGroups , FSP , PCB design , Constraints , Grzenia , net groups , NetGroup , FPGA , FPGA Pin Assignment , FPGA: PCB

Verification

Accelerated Code and Functional Coverage Using Palladium XP

Code coverage is an effective tool in the verification process—giving insights into…

• 2 min read
IMC , Cadence Online Support , UXE , Palladium XP , Incisive Verification Environment , support.cadence.com , Accelerated SV Covergrooups , Accelerated Coverage , IES

Verification

Coverage Unreachability UNR App - Rapid Adoption Kit

The Cadence Incisive Enterprise Verifier (IEV) team recently developed a self-help…

• 3 min read
coverage , Unreachability , RAK , UNR , IEV , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , Formal verification
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