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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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Verification

Generic Dynamic Run-Time Operations with e Reflection, Part 1

Untyped Values and Value Holders The reflection API in e not only allows you to perform…

• 3 min read
AF , Functiional Verification , e language , Funcional Verification , coverage driven verification (CDV) , Aspect Oriented Programming , reflection

Analog/Custom Design

IC6.1.6 Virtuoso Space-Based Mixed-Signal Router (VSR)

Virtuoso Space-Based Router (VSR) is routing solution integrated into the Virtuoso…

• 4 min read
Technology on tour , MS ToT , VSR , mixed-signal ToT , mixed-signal training , Router , tech on tour , Open Access , analog/mixed-signal , OA: OpenAccess , tech-on-tour

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About DEHDL’s Variant Editor? 16.6 Has Several New Enhancements!

The recent 16.6 QISR-2 for Allegro Design Entry HDL has new capabilities for the…

• 1 min read
Cadence Design Systems , Allegro Design Entry , Allegro 16.6 , cadence , varient editor , 16.6 , SPB , design , Grzenia , ConceptHDL , Schematic , Allegro

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Turn Spreadsheet Ball Maps into Components in Seconds with 16.6 Cadence APD and …

Many designers use ball maps, or spreadsheets wherein each cell corresponds to a…

• 5 min read
IC Packaging and SiP Design , SiP , IC Package , IC Packaging , packaging , spreadsheet , 16.6 , IC Packaging and SiP , IC package design , APD , IC Packaging & SiP design , BGA , Allegro Package Designer , ball maps , Allegro

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor ECSets and Ref Des Values? 16.6 Has a Few New…

Beginning with the 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor , the environment variable UPDATE_ECSET_REFDES…

• 1 min read
PCB , Cadence Design Systems , Constraint-driven PCB Design flow , Allegro 16.6 , cadence , electronics design , 16.6 , SPB , PCB Editor , Constraint Manager , design , PCB design , Constraints , Grzenia , Allegro PCB Editor

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Embedded Net Name Display? Check Out 16.6!

A new graphical display option in the 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor embeds net names within…

• 1 min read
PCB , Cadence Design Systems , Allegro GUI , Allegro 16.6 , cadence , Routing , 16.6 , SPB , PCB Editor , PCB routing , Layout , design , vias , "PCB design" , PCB design , Grzenia , pin planning , physical layout design , Allegro PCB Editor , color visibility , stipple , Allegro , etch shapes

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Why Does Signal Integrity Analysis Need to be Power Aware?

Ever since the I/O Buffer Information Specification (IBIS) committee broke away from…

• 2 min read
IBIS Model , High Speed , Signal Integrity , power-aware SI , SI analysis and modeling , Allegro Sigrity

Verification

Starting Virtual Platform Simulation with Cadence Software Developer

Last time, I provided an introduction to the Eclipse setup for the Cadence Virtual…

• 4 min read
eclipse , Virtual System Platform , Embedded Software Debugging , Incisive

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: 16 Things I Learned in September by Browsing Cadence Online Support

Rapid Adoption Kits By now, I think you know what RAKs are, and that they include…

• 3 min read
custom/analog , Routing , Rapid Adoption Kit , pin placement , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Layout , Virtuoso , Analog Design Environment , Schematic Editor , ADE-XL , Virtuosity , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite , VLS XL , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

Analog/Custom Design

SKILL for the Skilled: How to Shuffle a List

The previous post of SKILL for the Skilled presented some ways to systematically…

• 5 min read
Team SKILL , programming , shuffle , Jim Newton , IC615 , SKILL for the Skilled , permutations , random , Lisp , SKILL++ , SKILL

Verification

Combining the Linux Device Tree and Kernel Image for ARM

Back in 2010, I wrote two articles about a SystemC model used to load the Linux kernel…

• 2 min read
Virtual System Platform , virtual platforms , TLM , ARM kernel image , virtual prototypes , VSP , zimage , boot loader , System Design & Verification , SystemC , Linux device tree , ARM , system-level , linux , Jason Andrews , ESL , kernel

Verification

Getting Started with the Cadence Virtual System Platform: Software Developer

Cadence Software Developer is an exciting Eclipse-based product for developing, debugging…

• 4 min read
eclipse , Virtual System Platform

Verification

Trends in Using Software for System Verification

There is a clear trend to use more software running on the CPUs of a design for system…

• 2 min read
Palladium XP , hybrid engines , linux kernel , Virtual Platforms

Verification

e Macro Debugging

When creating a testbench using the MDV methodology, you want to write intelligent…

• 4 min read
AF , Functional Verification , Debug Performance , e macro debugging , e macros , macro debugging , e language , coverage driven verification (CDV) , macros

Analog/Custom Design

Cadence’s Annual Mixed-Signal Summit 2013: A Mind Meld of Mixed-Signal Design Co…

If you're a fan of the Star Trek series (my six-year-old son and I watch it together…

• 2 min read
IP , cadence , AMS Designer , SV-DC , Incisive , SV-RNM , DMS , Virtuoso , mixed-signal book , mixed-signal summit , RNM , mixed signal

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About AMS Simulator IBIS Model Capability? It’s in the 16.6 Release!

The 16.6 AMS Simulator now provides IBIS model simulation capability: SPICE circuit…

• 1 min read
PCB , Cadence Design Systems , AMS , Allegro 16.6 , cadence , AMS simulator , IBIS , 16.6 , Capture CIS , Capture-CIS , PSPICE , SPB , design , AMS simulation , Design Entry , Grzenia

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Take Notes During Your Packaging Design Workflow with the Database Diary

In this blog, we take a look, not at a new command, but instead at a classic command…

• 2 min read
IC Packaging and SiP Design , documentation , IC Package , IC Packaging , packaging , Digital SiP design , IC Packaging and SiP , IC package design , APD , IC Packaging & SiP design , Allegro Package Designer , IC packaging documentation , IC Package Physical layout and co-design

Verification

Slow Winter or New Spring for Hardware Design?

If you're looking for an entertaining gonzo take on the history and current state…

• 4 min read
5G , algorithms , microsoft , H.265 , James Mickens , process scaling , Hardware design , HEVC , 4K , Apple M7 , Moto X , high level synthesis , Adreno 320 , System Design and Verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

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

The 16.6 OrCad Capture release now allows you to replace multiple cache parts in…

• 1 min read
PCB , capture , Cadence Design Systems , Allegro Design Entry , Allegro 16.6 , Design Entry CIS , cadence , OrCAD Capture , 16.6 , Capture CIS , Capture-CIS , SPB , OrCAD , PCB design , Design Entry , Grzenia , Allegro
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