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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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Digital Design

Library Characterization Tidbits: Bidding Adieu to 2020

This year all our “regular” routines were shaken up by COVID-19, which brought along…

• 2 min read
library characterization , Library Characterization Tidbit , Digital Implementation , Liberate Characterization Portfolio

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Virtuosity: Voltus-Fi-XL FAQ — よくある質問とその回答

読者のみなさん、こんにちは！ Voltus-Fiに関する蒸留された知識をお探しなら、正しいページにお立ち寄りいただきました！ 何年にもわたって好奇心を持ち続け、さまざまなプラットフォームでのVoltus…

• less than a min read
ICADVM18.1 , Voltus-Fi-XL , PGV , Electromagnetic analysis , japanese blog , IR drop , Custom IC Design , IC6.1.8 , EMIR

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: Moving Along the Least-Resistive Path in Voltus-Fi

Do you want to know how discovering the path of least resistance for the devices…

• 4 min read
Voltus-Fi , electromigration , EMIR Analysis , power grid , Voltus-Fi-XL , Virtuoso , voltage drop , ICADVM20.1 , LRP , Custom IC Design , Custom IC , IC6.1.8

Life at Cadence

Chiplets and Heterogeneous Packaging Are Changing System Design and Analysis

In the domain of electronic product design, solely relying on process shrink as the…

• 10 min read
chiplets , 3D-IC , heterogeneous integration

Breakfast Bytes

RISC-V: The Next Ten Years

The annual RISC-V Summit (virtual, of course) was in early December. You can read…

• 10 min read
risc-v

Analog/Custom Design

Spectre Tech Tips: Increasing Performance and Capacity Using Spectre X Distributed…

The Spectre X distributed simulation is an extension to the multithreaded simulation…

• 5 min read
multithreaded simulation , ppn , Multi-Core , XDP , spectre x , Spectre X distributed simulation , multithreaded

RF Engineering

μWaveRiders: Cadence AWR EM Simulators Solve Complex RF/Microwave Structures for…

RF designers increasingly rely on electromagnetic (EM) simulations to characterize…

• 3 min read
RF , AWR simulation , AWR Analyst , AWR Design Environment , awr , EM simulation , AWR EM Simulators , Electromagnetic analysis , Electromagnetic (EM) , AWR AXIEM , Analyst 3D FEM EM Simulator , AXIEM 3D Planar Simulator , simulation

Digital Design

Wondering What to Do During the Winter Staycation? How about Learning Something New…

We just recently released a training course that we are excited to tell you about…

• 1 min read
conformal , Genus , Tempus , modus , Voltus , Digital Implementation , Innovus

System, PCB, & Package Design 

BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Running RAVEL Rules from Command Line

In one of the previous posts, we learnt about How to Run a RAVEL Rule from the GUI…

• 3 min read
17.4 , Cadence Online Support , 17.4-2019 , PCB design , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro

Digital Design

SSV 20.2 Base Release Now Available

The SSV 20.2 production release is now available for download at Cadence Downloads…

• 2 min read
Signoff ECO , Tempus PI , Timing analysis , Tempus Timing Signoff Solution

System, PCB, & Package Design 

IC Packagers: Comparing Design Versions to Find Physical Changes

ECOs. Without them, the lives of designers would be so much easier! Imagine a world…

• 6 min read
IC Packaging and SiP Design , 17.4 , Allegro Package Designer , 17.4-2019

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Meets Maxwell: Layered Electromagnetic Modeling For Sufficient Accuracy

Fast growing markets like 5G, automotive, and IoT are driving the development of…

• 6 min read
Virtuoso Layout EXL , Virtuoso Meets Maxwell , Virtuoso System Design Environment , Virtuoso RF Solution , Electromagnetic analysis , EMX , Quantus Extraction Solution , RF design , ICADVM20.1 , Custom IC Design , VMM

Breakfast Bytes

Instruction Decoders: RISC vs CISC

In my post The Start of the Arm Era I said that it feels like something significant…

• 9 min read
Intel , ARM

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Virtuosity: Conserve Power— Virtuoso Power Managerのセットアップ

Conserve Powerは、ローパワー検証の世界を垣間見ることができるブログ・シリーズです。デザインのパワーインテントを指定し管理することができるVirtuoso…

• less than a min read
Virtuoso Schematic Editor , virtuoso power manager , Conformal Low Power , VPM , Supply States , setup , Virtuoso , Virtuosity , ICADVM20.1 , japanese blog , mixed-signal design , Custom IC Design , power domains

Digital Design

Voltus Voice: Worried about Fins Getting Self-Heated – Here’s SHE Analysis to the…

This blog highlights the key capabilities of the Voltus Self-Heat Effect (SHE) analysis…

• 2 min read
Silicon Signoff and Verification , electromigration , Voltus IC Power Integrity Solution , electrical-thermal , Digital Implementation , FinFET , self-heating effects , IR drop , Full-Chip

Life at Cadence

My Life at Cadence: Dimitra Papazoglou

Cadence embraces multiculturality and diversity as an important part of our One Team…

• 1 min read
cadence , WomeninTech , WomenAtCadence , LifeAtCadence

Breakfast Bytes

Avoiding PCB Respins with Better Computational Software

When I first came to the US, I started at VLSI Technology supporting a project called…

• 5 min read
Celsius Thermal Solver , celsius , Clarity 3D Transient Solver , Clarity 3D Solver , clarity

Breakfast Bytes

Sunday Brunch Video for 13th December 2020

https://youtu.be/ZcYIbkrHSv4 Made by my Christmas tree (camera Carey Guo) Monday…

• less than a min read
sunday brunch

Life at Cadence

Highlighting Our Girl Geeks at Cadence!

Last month, Cadence partnered with Girl Geek X for the first time, hosting a virtual…

• 1 min read
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