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Virtuoso Studio IC23.1 ISR16 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC23.1 ISR16 production release is now available for download.

Virtuoso Release Team
• 2 min read
IC 23.1 , featured , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release , Virtuoso

SoC and IP

The Next-Generation UCIe IP Subsystem for Advanced Package Designs

With the rapidly increasing connectivity demands driven by AI/ML and HPC/data center…

MBhatnagar
• 3 min read
ucie , Design IP , featured , TSMC , die-to-die

Corporate News

Cadence at the TSMC OIP: Pioneering the Future of Semiconductor Design

The semiconductor industry stands at a pivotal moment. As we push toward more advanced…

Corporate
• 3 min read
OIP , featured , 3D-IC , 3DIC , TSMC

Corporate News

Building a Future Beyond Boundaries with Honda and Cadence

We at Cadence are proud to be a long-term partner of Honda R&D (HGRX), and our collaboration…

Corporate
• 6 min read
Automotive , featured , physical ai , automotive electronics , AI
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Verification

Verification is a Sprint and a Marathon!

Verification engineers have updated an old adage to discribe their projects: Verification…

• 1 min read
performance , SystemVerilog , Functional Verification , OVM , Low-Power , Multi-Core , Incisive , Simulation acceleration , IES

Verification

CDNLive San Jose 2009 for the Specmaniac

Even sooner than the EU ClubTs is CDNLive San Jose 2009 , where this year the event…

• 3 min read
SystemVerilog , Low Power , Specman , HW/SW , CDNLive , OVM ML , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , OVM , VIP , MDV techtorial , OVM e Enterprise Planner , Multi-domain verification: HW/SW co-verification , Incisive , OVM SV , e , Enterprise Manager , ISX (Incisive Software Extensions) , Plan and metrics management , multi-language , ClubT , SystemC , eRM , ESL , OVM SC , Coverage Driven Verification , IES-XL

Verification

EU Specmaniacs: ClubTs Are Coming in 2 Weeks!

EU-based Specmaniacs and "Trailblazers" rejoice: the annual ClubT series is back…

• 2 min read
IEEE 1647 , events , IntelliGen , Low Power , Specman , HW/SW , OVM ML , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , OVM , VIP , OVM e , Mixed Signal Verification , Multi-domain verification: HW/SW co-verification , Incisive , e , ISX (Incisive Software Extensions) , ClubT , SystemC , ESL , IES-XL , Trailblazer

Verification

Must Have Advanced Verification to Achieve Software Signoff

In a recent blog on EDA Graffiti, Paul McClellan he talks about Software Signoff…

• 2 min read
EDA Graffiti , System Design and Verification , embedded isx , software signoff

Verification

Specman 9.2 Preview: A Fresh Profile on the Profiler

[Preface: all features in the 9.2 preview series are in Beta now. We invite you to…

• 2 min read
performance , Specman , Functional Verification , e , team specman , IES-XL

Verification

Twitter-like Growth For Verification's Trailblazers? (a/k/a A Trailblazer hat tip…

I'm not proud to admit that I reacted with envy to the news that Twitter just received…

• 2 min read
events , Specman , CDNLive , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , IBM , VIP , MDV techtorial , DVClub , Enterprise Manager , Enterprise Planner , team specman , DVcon , Twitter , ARM , MDV , verification , Trailblazer

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro's Component Placement Changes? - More Features in SPB16

In the SPB16.2 release of Allegro PCB Editor , there are two (2) new very helpful…

• 3 min read
SPB 16.2 , Placement Replication , Component Alignment , Allegroro , PCB design

Verification

What's the New CMO Mean For Cadence and System Design and Verification?

If you track Cadence stock or other EDA leadership news you undoubtedly know we've…

• 1 min read
ASIC , TLM , System Design and Verification , John Bruggeman , software , embedded , FPGA

Verification

Upcoming ARM Techcon3 or is it Techcon Cubed?

The annual ARM Developers' Conference has been renamed ARM techcon3 , or maybe it…

• less than a min read
techon3 , Cypress , ARM , ESL , System Design and Verification

Verification

Specman-Matlab Package Update

[Preface: we interrupt the Specman 9.2 Preview series to notify you of an update…

• 3 min read
Specman , Functional Verification , C , e , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , ESL , Matlab , IES-XL

Verification

Back to School and Back to the Embedded Software Challenge

The kids have a week of school in the rear view mirror and it's time to get back…

• 3 min read
DAC , System Design and Verification , virual platform

Analog/Custom Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso ADE

After delving into lots of new features in the Virtuoso Schematic Editor, the Library…

• 3 min read
Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Eye Masks in PCB SI? You'll Need SPB16.2 to See!

Eye masks let you specify the acceptable parameters for what an eye should look like…

• 3 min read
SPB 16.2 , Signal Intregrity , SigWave , Allegroro , PCB design

Verification

Incisive Enterprise Simulator: Low-Power Verification at Warp Speed

Since your circuit always runs at low-power, your verification should too. To get…

• 2 min read
funtional verification , CPF , Low-Power , Incisive , IES

Verification

Requirements for a Student Version of Specman/IES-XL?

Allow me to interrupt my blogging on MarCom and DAC to pose a question inspired by…

• 1 min read
SystemVerilog , Specman , Functional Verification , student version , Incisive , e , SystemC , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES-XL

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Split Parts in AMS Simulator? More Features in SPB16.2!

This new SPB16.2 feature allows Allegro AMS Simulator (PSpice) customers to simulate…

• 1 min read
SPB 16.2 , Allegroro AMS Simulator (PSpice) , PCB design , Allegro

Verification

Specman 9.2 Preview: Shortened “When Subtype” Declarations

[Preface: all features in the 9.2 preview series are in Beta now. We invite you to…

• 2 min read
Specman , Functional Verification , e , Aspect Oriented Programming , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , AOP , IES-XL

Digital Design

Lost and Found: Missing Filler Cells, Power Vias, and Highlighted Objects

Have you ever gotten to signoff DRC and found that there was a small area where a…

• 2 min read
power vias , filler cells , highlighted objects , checkFiller , 8.1 , Digital Implementation , verifyPowerVia , "SoC-Encounter" , F9

Verification

Wedding at DAC '09: CDNS+IBM's Enterprise Verification Management Solution

Does the union of verification automation and IT+source code management tools get…

• less than a min read
DAC , Tivoli , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , IBM , Enterprise Manager , Enterprise Planner , MDV , Rational , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES-XL
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