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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

How Ethernet Standards Are Born

I attend IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards meetings and blog about them from time to…

• 5 min read
Verification IP , 802.3bp , Ethernet standards , Automotive Ethernet , Ethernet , 802.3 , Marris

Verification

Multi-Language Verification Environment (#2) – Passing Items on TLM Ports, Using…

In the previous blog post , we created a simple multi-language verification environment…

• 3 min read
IEEE 1647 , uvm , methodology , Functional Verification , e , universal verification methodology , e language , multi-language , verification

Verification

Multi-Language Verification Environment—Getting First Run in Few Minutes

Seems that by now, every one in the industry realizes that multi-language verification…

• 2 min read
uvm , methodology , e , e language , UVC , multi-language

Verification

Specman deep_copy()—Creating Too Many Structs

This blog starts with a description of a debugging session of a mysterious behavior…

• 3 min read
Specman , debug , e , Funcional Verification , ClubT

SoC and IP

Three Steps for USB Application Success – Design, Verify, Certify

With the USB protocol being so popular nowadays (and frankly speaking, was there…

• 2 min read
Design IP , host , cadence , controller , PHY , OTG , USB , Dual Mode , ip cores , Dual Role , device

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - DDR4 Bank Grouping

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Kishore Kasamsetty continues his discussion…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , DDR4 , memory IP , DDR4 bank grouping

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good or Not So Good About Cadence Documentation? Here’s Your Chance to Let…

Most of our customers use the product documentation, Help, and Cadence Online Support…

• less than a min read
COS , Cadence Design Systems , Cadence Online Support , Cadence Help , Cadence documentation

SoC and IP

IP is BIG at the Design Automation Conference, June 7-11, in San Francisco

Think that DAC is all about EDA tools? Not anymore. This year there are over 100…

• 2 min read
controller IP , Verification IP , DSP , Design IP , IP , Chris Rowen , Rowen , IP blocks , ip cores , Tensilica , DAC 2015 , Design IP and Verification IP

SoC and IP

How to Design to the ‘Always-on’ IoT Imperative

I’ll never forget covering a presentation that then-National Semiconductor CEO Brian…

• 2 min read
IP , Chris Rowen , cadence , IoT , Fusion , Tensilica , Internet of Everything. , Internet of Things

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: 19 Things I Learned in April 2015 by Browsing Cadence Online Support

Application Notes 1. Spectre PSPICE Netlist Support Spectre technology enables…

• 5 min read
AMS , ADE XL , UNL , Monte Carlo , Virtuoso , Liberate , VLS XL , VCP

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays—Type C Connector and USB Controllers

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Jacek Duda explains the implications…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , controller , USB , Type C connector , On-the-go

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Split Plane Association? 16.6 Has Several New…

In the 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor release, net associations to split planes are now…

• 1 min read
PCB Layout and routing , Cadence Design Systems , Allegro 16.6 , PCB Editor , Layout , PCB design , Grzenia , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays—Innovations in the DRAM World

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Lou Ternullo reviews the latest DRAM…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP , DRAM , system level , density

Verification

Indago Protocol Debug and IP Verification

Nothing beats knowing, a late electronics-industry veteran used to say. That’s no…

• 3 min read
IP , cadence , debug , Functional Verification , electronics system design , Indago , engineering , verification

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays—Why Buy Memory Models?

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Susan Peterson breaks down why you should…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP , memory models

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About the Allegro Design Entry HDL Front to Back Flow Cadence Training…

Hear what Bruce Imai—a Cadence Educational Services course developer—Cadence Application…

• less than a min read
PCB Layout and routing , Routing , electrical constraints , 16.6 , High Speed , hierarchical schematics , PCB Editor , Design Entry HDL , Layout , PCB design , Grzenia , Schematic , Allegro

SoC and IP

Speed, Function, and Technology as Key Factors for USB Applications

USB is regarded as the world’s most popular serial interface, with over 1 billion…

• 2 min read
Design IP , host , controller , PHY , OTG , 1.1 , USB , Dual Mode , ip cores , 2.0 , Dual Role , device , 3.0

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - Analog Front-End Interfaces Explained

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Bob Salem takes a closer look at analog…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP , wireless communications , analog front end , AFE

Digital Design

Five Things You Didn’t Know About High-level Synthesis

Most of you have heard about the promises of high-level synthesis (HLS). Things like…

• 4 min read
High-Level Synthesis , ECO , Conformal ECO Designer , cadence , Blu Wireless , Forte , Stratus , HLS
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