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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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Simultaneous Switching Noise Analysis – The Earlier the Better

The evolution of signal integrity analysis is similar to many electronic design tasks…

• 2 min read
PCB , electronics design , signal integrity analysis , Signal Integrity , PCB design , Sigrity , Allegro PCB Editor , SI analysis and modeling , Allegro

Analog/Custom Design

SKILL for the Skilled: The Partial Predicate Problem

The partial predicate problem describes the type of problem encountered when a function…

• 6 min read
Team SKILL , programming , Jim Newton , IC615 , SKILL for the Skilled , continuation passing , partial predicate , CPS , Lisp , SKILL++ , SKILL

Verification

Developing the Skill Set Required for SystemC TLM-Based Hardware Design and Veri…

I've written a lot about the benefits of moving hardware design and verification…

• 4 min read
time-to-market , High-Level Synthesis , transaction-level modeling , verification turnaround , TLM , Cadence Academic Network , university software program , RTL , System Design and Verification , C , rtl compiler , C-to-Silicon , metric-driven verification , SystemC , HLS , IEDEC , C++ , ESL

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Net Groups? See for Yourself in 16.6!

Just a brief blog today about a new feature in Allegro PCB Editor. A new net grouping…

• less than a min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , Constraint-driven PCB Design flow , Allegro 16.6 , cadence , 16.6 , Constraint Manager , Layout , design , "PCB design" , PCB design , Constraints , Grzenia , net groups , Allegro PCB Editor , NetGroup , Allegro

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: 10 Things I Learned in May by Browsing Cadence Online Support

May was a big month for new videos. It was also a month that saw the release of Virtuoso…

• 1 min read
VLS GXL , Virtuoso Layout Suite L , Virtuoso , VLS L , Virtuoso Layout Suite , Virtuoso Layout Suite GXL , VLS XL , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About RF PCB and Agilent ADS Via Exchange? 16.6 Has Many New Enhancements

The 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor and the Agilent Advanced Design System (ADS) interface…

• 6 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , RF , Allegro GUI , Allegro 16.6 , RF PCB , 16.6 routing , Agilent , via exchange , 16.6 , layer stacks , ADS , SPB , PCB Editor , Layout , via , via patterns , design , vias , PCB design , Grzenia , Allegro PCB Editor , Agilent ADS , Allegro

Verification

DAC 2013 – System Design on Wednesday, June 5th

The DAC exhibition comes to a close today, and we have another day with great presentations…

• 3 min read
virtual prototyping , RPP , FPGA Based Prototyping , sTec , Software Debug , AMD , NVIDIA , DAC2013 , Freescale , Palladium , broadcom , Emulation , Dini , Bluespec , ARM Fast Models , Texas Instruments , Hybrid Prototypes , ARM , Schirrmeister

Verification

DAC 2013 – System Design on Tuesday, June 4

We had a great day on system design yesterday, followed by great party at Austin…

• 3 min read
virtual prototyping , RPP , FPGA Based Prototyping , coverage , System to Silicon Verification , AMD , DAC2013 , IBM , Freescale , Palladium , Emulation , software , Schirrmeister

Verification

Accelerating Time to Market with ARM Software Development Tools and the Cadence System…

In one of the Monday presentations at the Cadence DAC Theater , Ronan Synnott from…

• 4 min read
Device Drivers , ARM Cortex-A , cadence , Cadence Theater , DAC2013 , android , System Design and Verification , System Development Suite , DDMS , DAC 2013 , SystemC virtual platforms , DS-5 , ARM Architecture , ARM , Cadence Virtual System Platform , SystemC TLM2 , Embedded Linux

Verification

How Can You Continue Learning About Advanced Verification at Your Desk?

How much time do you spend "playing" and "learning" before you try a new EDA tool…

• 1 min read
metric-driven , SystemVerilog , : Functional Verification , ABV , incremental elaboration , methodology , metric driven verification (MDV) , Metric Driven Verification , e-language , RAK , advanced verification , metric-driven verification , connectivity

Verification

DAC 2013 – System Design on Monday, June 3rd

The first day of DAC starts off today with four great presentations on system design…

• 2 min read
virtual prototyping , FPGA Based Prototyping , Software Debug , AMD , DAC2013 , Freescale , Palladium , RP , broadcom , Emulation , ARM , Schirrmeister

Verification

Welcome to DAC 2013!

I just arrived at DAC 2013 in Austin, and as always I'll be writing about the interactions…

• 2 min read
Electronic Design Automation , DAC 2013 , EDA , SoC , system design , engineering

Verification

Introducing UVM Multi-Language Open Architecture

The new UVM Multi-Language (ML) Open Architecture (OA) posted to the new UVMWorld…

• 2 min read
SystemVerilog , DAC , uvm , UVMWorld , AMD , UVM multi-language , Incisive , e , UVM ML , SystemC , SoCs , verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Customer Support Recommended - Flex PCB Design Features in Allegro PCB Editor

Flexible PCBs are used widely in everyday technology and electronics in addition…

• 5 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , Cadence Design Systems , Allegro 16.6 , PCB design" , cadence , Routing , 16.6 routing , 16.6 , layer stacks , Allegro 16.5 , Appnotes , PCB Editor , Layout , Appnote , "PCB design" , PCB design , 16.5 , Allegro PCB Editor , group routing , application note

Analog/Custom Design

Mixed-Signal -- Successful Tech-on-Tours, Huge Focus at DAC 2013

We just completed some hugely successful Mixed-Signal Tech-on-Tours in North America…

• 3 min read
real number modeling , clp , AMS Designer , CPF , Conformal Low Power , DAC 2013 , Mixed-Signal , Virtuoso , Internet of Things , amsDmvmv , mobile , PIEA , mixed signal , wreal , SMG , MDV , Schematic Model Generator , ARM Cortex-M , verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About PCB SI AutoSolving Models in SigXplorer? You’ll Need the 16.6 Release…

In previous releases, when you extract a net into SigXplorer, all the structures…

• 2 min read
PCB SI , PCB , SI , Allegro GUI , Allegro 16.6 , IBIS , SigXP UI , 16.6 , "PCB SI" , High Speed , SigWave , SPB , Signal Integrity , design , "PCB design" , Allegro PCB SI , Grzenia , SI analysis and modeling , Allegro

Verification

DAC 2013 – Software Driven EDA for the “Age of Gods”

This year's Design Automation Conference is less than a week away, and it's time…

• 13 min read
virtual prototyping , DAC , virtual platforms , Acceleration , Cadence Theater , rapid prototyping , RTL simulation , software-driven EDA , System Development Suite , DAC 2013 , System-Level Design , Emulation , hybrid engines , Design Automation Conference , ESL , FPGA-based prototyping

Verification

Why are Cadence and Forte Presenting Together at DAC?

You may or may not have noticed that Cadence's DAC Theater schedule features an intriguing…

• 1 min read
High-Level Synthesis , DAC , C-to-Silcon Compiler , Forte Cynthesizer , SystemC , HLS

Verification

New Specman Coverage Engine - Extensions Under Subtypes

This is first in a series of three blog posts that are going to present some powerful…

• 4 min read
AF , Specman , Specman coverage engine , coverage , Functional Verification , when extensions , Incisive , e language , extensions under subtypes , metric-driven verification , coverage driven verification (CDV) , multi-instance coverage , verification coverage
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