Cadence Blogs

Women in CFD with Virginie Barbieux

Recently, I had an opportunity to interview another woman working in CFD, Virginie…

Veena Parthan 24 Aug 2022 • 5 min read

CFD , WomenAtCadence , Fidelity CFD , CFD Applications , women in engineering , simulation software , NUMECA , Women in CFD , Mesh Generation , NUMFLO

RF Engineering

μWaveRiders: Setting Up a Successful AWR Design Environment Design - UI and Simu…

When starting a new design, it's important to take the time to consider design recommendations…

TeamAWR 24 Aug 2022 • 5 min read

Circuit simulation , multi-processor , AWR Design Environment , test bench , EM simulation , UI , RF design , X-model , microwave office , Visual System Simulator (VSS) , EM-based model

BoardSurfers: Managing Silkscreen Data Using Allegro 3D Canvas

The silkscreen layer plays a crucial role in the assembly, repair, and testing of…

anandd 24 Aug 2022 • 3 min read

17.4 , BoardSurfers , 3D Canvas , 17.4-2019 , Allegro PCB Editor , silkscreen , Allegro

CadenceLIVE: Characterizing Libraries with Liberate and CloudBurst

At the recent CadenceLIVE Silicon Valley, Scott Chang, the CEO of M31 Technologies…

Paul McLellan 24 Aug 2022 • 5 min read

liberate trio , library characterization , cloudburst , Liberate , cadencecloud

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso ICADVM20.1 ISR27 and IC6.1.8 ISR27 Now Available

The ICADVM20.1 ISR27 and IC6.1.8 ISR27 production releases are now available for…

Virtuoso Release Team 24 Aug 2022 • 2 min read

Analog Design Environment , Cadence blogs , ICADVM18.1 , ADE Explorer , cadence , Virtuoso RF Solution , IC Release Announcement blog , Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XL , Layout EXL , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , ICADVM20.1 , IC Release Blog , Custom IC Design , Custom IC , IC6.1.8 , ADE Assembler , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

Sigrity and Systems Analysis 2022.1 HF2 Release Now Available

The Sigrity and Systems Analysis (SIGRITY/SYSANLS) 2022.1 HF2 release is now available…

SigrityReleaseTeam 23 Aug 2022 • 8 min read

Sigrity and Systems Analysis , Celsius Thermal Solver , Sigrity XcitePI , Sigrity PowerSI , Sigrity Broadband SPICE , Sigrity XtractIM , Sigrity PowerDC , EM , Clarity 3D Solver , T2B , Clarity 3D Workbench , JAE

What's Behind the 5% Die-Area Shrink and 12% Power Saving by MediaTek?

What Does Cadence Do?

I was recently on a Zoom call about search engine optimization where we discussed…

Paul McLellan 23 Aug 2022 • 5 min read

EDA , semiconductor IP

Digital Design

Leveraging Cadence Cerberus AI-Enabled Chip Optimization Solution MediaTek Achieves…

Vinod Khera 22 Aug 2022 • 3 min read

Intelligent chip explorer , featured , Cadence Cerebrus , Digital Implementation , AI

Current Open Positions on the Fidelity CFD Team

Questions I get asked a lot include "Are you nuts?" and "What exactly do you do all…

John Chawner 22 Aug 2022 • 2 min read

CFD , jobs , Computational Fluid Dynamics , product management

Cloud

Four Reasons “Cloud-First” Engineering Makes Companies More Competitive

We’re finally at the point where companies can adopt a “cloud-first” approach for…

Corporate 22 Aug 2022 • 2 min read

cloud , oncloud

CadenceLIVE: Using Helium at NVIDIA

We announced Helium in September last year, and I wrote about the product in my post…

Paul McLellan 22 Aug 2022 • 2 min read

cadencelive 2022 , NVIDIA , cadencelive , helium

High-Order Meshing on 5 Different Geometries Using Fidelity Pointwise

For the given 5 geometry configurations, with Fidelity Pointwise high-order meshing…

Veena Parthan 21 Aug 2022 • 3 min read

CFD , Meshing Monday , Pointwise , High order Meshing , Cadence Fidelity , engineering , simulation software , Mesh Generation

Clarity Encrypted Connectors!

Cadence Clarity 3D Solver supports encrypted component models! Using this functionality…

Sherry Hess 21 Aug 2022 • 1 min read

featured , encryption , in-design analysis , connectors , Electromagnetic analysis

Sunday Brunch Video for 21st August 2022

https://youtu.be/YWpcaIEkw7M Made at Lake Tahoe (camera Carey) Monday: 75 Years…

Paul McLellan 21 Aug 2022 • less than a min read

sunday brunch

BoardSurfers: Training Insights: User Interface Enhancements for Allegro Layout …

If you have seen any images or demonstrations of the 17.4-2019 release, the GUI may…

ACat299612 19 Aug 2022 • 1 min read

digital badge , 17.4 , BoardSurfers , 17.4-2019 , Training Insights , Allegro PCB Editor , online training , Allegro

Spotlight Taiwan

2022 CadenceLIVE Taiwan 9月1日實體回歸隆重登場

半導體產業是電子資訊產業的火車頭，與全球經濟高度連動，面臨全球景氣可能趨緩，半導體產業也將面臨成長的挑戰。EDA為研判半導體景氣的風向球，如何逆風引領全球經濟重啟…

candyyu 19 Aug 2022 • less than a min read

system analysis , cadencelive taiwan , taiwanese blog

Life at Cadence

Collaborating to Enable Data Centers, Automotive, Consumer, and AI/ML Technologi…

It takes the proverbial village to build complex chips and systems these days. Imagination…

fschirrmeister 18 Aug 2022 • 10 min read

Automotive , GPU , data center , Edge Computing , hyperscale , ISO 26262 , graphics , consumer

Whatever Happened to 450mm Wafers?

When I started at VLSI Technology in the early 1980s, our fab used 5" wafers (150mm…

Paul McLellan 18 Aug 2022 • 5 min read

405mm wafers , 18" wafers , g450c