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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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Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - 5 Unique Advantages of the Cadence IP Solution

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Tom Hackett explains five unique advantages…

• less than a min read
Verification IP , Design IP , Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP , PHY IP , memory IP

Breakfast Bytes

China's IC Industry: Today and Tomorrow

Professor Wei Shaojun of Tsinghua University presented on China's IC Industry: Today…

• 5 min read
China , fabless , manufacturing , Breakfast Bytes

Breakfast Bytes

One-on-One with Lip-Bu Tan

Monday was Lip-Bu's turn for a chat with Ed Sperling. The same event last year was…

• 6 min read
Ed Sperling , Automotive , 54dac , SDE , Mobile World Congress , Lip-Bu Tan , machinelearningdeeplearning , Internet of Things , system design enablement , Design Automation Conference , datacenter , Breakfast Bytes

Breakfast Bytes

DAC Opens with an Enlightened Keynote

The opening keynote of DAC was by Joe Costello. Joe, of course, was the first CEO…

• 10 min read
Joe Costello , 54dac , IoT , Internet of Things , enlighted , Breakfast Bytes

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: Setting up License Preferences for ADE Products

Over a year ago when the new Virtuoso ADE product suite was released, we had our…

• 4 min read
Analog Design Environment , ADE GXL , ADE Explorer , Explorer , ADE XL , analog , license , ADE , Mixed-Signal , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , ADE-GXL , Analog Design Environment , ADE-XL , Virtuosity , mixed signal , Custom IC Design , ADE Assembler

Breakfast Bytes

DAC Wednesday 2017: IoT, Innovation, AMS, iPhone, Hardware Contest, and Bagpipes

Yesterday was Wednesday at DAC here in Austin. For reports on the last three days…

• 10 min read
AMS , Apple , system in package , SiP , innovation , IoT , analog , Internet of Things , mixed signal , Breakfast Bytes , iPhone

Breakfast Bytes

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview June 26th to June 30th 2017

https://youtu.be/qE5sgFfGeIg Coming from the 54th Design Automation Conference…

• less than a min read
China , 54dac , silicon in package , Austin , Lip-Bu Tan , 7nm , design automation coference

Breakfast Bytes

DAC Tuesday 2017: Siemens, SiP, Simon & Lucio, Neural Nets, Nenni, Denali, and M…

Yesterday was Tuesday at DAC here in Austin. For reports on the last couple of days…

• 15 min read
Simon Segars , SiP , Semiwiki , silicon in package , Denali Party , Lucio Lanza , Siemens , neural networks , 7nm , ARM , Breakfast Bytes , Mentor

Breakfast Bytes

DAC Monday 2017: Joe, Lip-Bu, China, Under 40s, Smurfs, and More

It's Monday, the first real day of DAC after the kickoff on Sunday evening. See Guide…

• 12 min read
Joe Costello , 54dac , Lip-Bu Tan , chipestimatetv , #54dac , Breakfast Bytes

Verification

Cadence @ DAC: What to Expect and What to See

Cadence returns to DAC 2017 this year, showcasing our full verification suite. Here…

• 3 min read
DAC , methodology , EDA , Formal verification , verification

Breakfast Bytes

Sean and Paul DAC Walkthrough

Sean O'Kane and I wandered around the show floor during setup on Sunday and looked…

• less than a min read
54dac , chipestimatetv , Design Automation Conference

Verification

New VIP for ARM AMBA 5 CHI Issue B

In coordination with the announcement of the new ARM® AMBA® 5 Coherent Hub Interface…

• 3 min read
Verification IP , VIP , AMBA , ARM , CHI VIP

Breakfast Bytes

Guide to Austin for Newbies, and DAC Sunday Kickoff

This is my first post from DAC. I will be posting each day about the most interesting…

• 10 min read
54dac , Austin , Gary Smith EDA , iron works barbecue , franklin barbecue , #54dac , barbecue , Breakfast Bytes

Breakfast Bytes

Visual Baggage

If you have been watching my "What's for Breakfast?" weekly video previews, then…

• 7 min read
embedded vision , convolutional neural nets , autonomous vehicles , neural nets , Breakfast Bytes

Verification

See Perspec Running Accellera Portable Stimulus Examples Here and Now!

Accellera has announced the release of an Early Adopter specification of the Portable…

• less than a min read
SoC verification , perspec system verifier , Accellera , pss , portable stimulus

Verification

Accellera Has Done It Again! Portable Stimulus Standard Available For Review

In a press release this morning, Accellera announced availability of an Early Adopter…

• 2 min read
CDNS , Perspec , Accellera , pss , portable stimulus

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Video Diary: What is Virtuoso System Design Platform?

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” ― Arthur…

• 4 min read
ADE Explorer , ADE , Virtuoso Layout Suite L , Schematic Editor , Virtuoso Video Diary , Sigrity , Custom IC Design , Allegro

Academic Network

Cadence Research Workshop in Duke Kunshan University

Cadence Academic Network (CAN) hosted a Cadence Research Workshop in Duke Kunshan…

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Cadence Academic Network , academic workshop , academia

Breakfast Bytes

Breakfast Bytes Brought to You By... KQED?

If you live in the Bay Area, you have almost certainly heard KQED's Forum program…

• 6 min read
kqed , wired , mixed reality , fake reality , pbs , virtual reality , fake news , augmented reality
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