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Cadence Recognized as TSMC OIP Partner of the Year at 2025 OIP Ecosystem Forum

The semiconductor industry thrives on collaboration, and few pairings exemplify this…

Corporate
• 2 min read
featured , cadence , OIP Partner of the Year , AI-Driven Design , TSMC

Cadence Japan

境界を越えて、未来を組み上げろ―ホンダ×ケイデンス

「AIは、物理世界にどう根付いていくのか？」をテーマに、本田技術研究所社 先進技術研究所（HGRX）との対談を通じて、AIと半導体の未来、フィジカルAIの可能性…

Cadence Japan
• less than a min read
Automotive , featured , physical ai , automotive electronics , japanese blog

SoC and IP

Powering Scale Up and Scale Out with 224G SerDes for UALink and Ultra Ethernet

As AI workloads grow in scale and complexity, networks are challenged to keep up…

Sheryl G
• 3 min read
Design IP , featured , 224G-LR , 224G SerDes , UALink

Corporate News

AI Infra Summit Highlights: Cadence's Unique Design for AI and AI for Design

The AI Infra Summit 2025 was a great experience that left attendees buzzing with…

Corporate
• 7 min read
featured , AI Infra Summit 2025 , AI for design , Cadence Reality Digital Twin Platform , design for AI
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Verification

A Must Read: the ARM Cortex-A Programmer's Guide

For the last couple of years, I have been getting a lot of e-mail from different…

• 2 min read
ARM Cortex-A , virtual platforms , programmer's guide , virtual prototypes , Cortex-A , virual platform , ARM Architecture , ARM , linux , System Design and Verification

SoC and IP

Video, Part 2: Cadence Demonstrates PCIe Gen3 Advanced Features

Welcome back for Part 2 of a two-part PCI-SIG video demo featuring Cadence’s PCI…

• 1 min read
controller IP , Design IP , IP , PCI Express 3.0 , Gen3 , video , PCIe , PCIe Gen3 , SR-IOV , PCI Express

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About PCB SI Design Setup and Audit? 16.5 Has MANY New Enhancements!

Many of the problems that customers encounter today when running a signal integrity…

• 10 min read
PCB SI , IC Packaging and SiP Design , SI , SiP , Signal Intregrity , SigXP UI , PCB Signal and power integrity , "PCB SI" , Allegro 16.5 , PCB Editor , "PCB design" , Allegro PCB SI , PCB design , SPB16.5 , SI analysis and modeling

Verification

The Return of the Son of Real-World Assertions

I've received some nice feedback on my previous two posts about real-world situations…

• 3 min read
ABV , Functional Verification , formal , assertions , Assertion-based verification

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Analog Design Environment XL – Data Everywhere, But You Have a Review in…

In my previous blogs , I talked about productivity enhancing features of Virtuoso…

• 2 min read
analog , ADE , Virtuoso , Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso datasheets , Schematic Editor , Custom IC Design , datasheets

SoC and IP

Video: Cadence Demonstrates PCIe Gen3 Silicon at PCI-SIG Dev-Con (SAS RAID Controller…

This video is part one of a two-part series demonstrating the Cadence PCI Express…

• less than a min read
Design IP , IP , Gen3 , video , PIPE , SAS RAID , PCIe , PCI Express Gen3 , PCI , PCI Express , PCI-SIG

Verification

Four Uses for the Venerable Virtual Platform UART

The Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) is one of the oldest hardware…

• 2 min read

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About APD’s Assembly DRCs? You’ll Need the 16.5 Release to See!

Prior to the Allegro Package Designer (APD) 16.3 release, Design Rule Check (DRC…

• 25 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , IC Packaging , DRC , APD , ADRC , Allegro 16.5 , SPB , PCB Editor , advanced package designer , Layout , assembly DRCs , "PCB design" , PCB design , SPB16.5 , Allegro

Verification

ARM Generic Interrupt Controller HOWTO

Way back in 2004, I wrote a book called Co-Verification of Hardware and Software…

• 5 min read
Virtual System Platform , Cortex-A9 , System Design and Verification , Cortex-A , howto , ARM Generic Interrupt Controller , SystemC , GIC , ARM , Wadikar , Generic Interrupt Controller

Verification

Some Reflections on the Development of UVM World

In a recent blog post , I celebrated our donation of the Cadence-developed UVM…

• 3 min read
uvmworld.org , uvm , uvm world , Functional Verification , OVM , universal verification methodology , Accellera , verification

Verification

Video: Discussion with EET’s Brian Fuller on EDA, Engineers, and Social Media

At DAC I had the honor of being interviewed by EE Times editor Brian Fuller on my…

• 1 min read
Brian Fuller , DAC , Joe Hupcey III , tweeting , videos , interview , Blogging , YouTube , blogs , Facebook , OrCAD , CtoSilicon , Twitter , Social Media , EE Times , DAC360

Verification

Enterprise Planner - CSV Import Tech Tip

Are you interested in an automating your directed or random test list that you manually…

• 1 min read
metric-driven , Functional Verification , Metric Driven Verification , CSV , vPlan , tech tips , EDA360 , Incisive , Enterprise Manager , Enterprise Planner , MDV , Excel , verification

Verification

Creating SystemC TLM-2.0 Peripheral Models

Over two years ago, I made some experiments and raised some requirements for an effective…

• 8 min read
Virtual System Platform , virtual platforms , TLM , IP-XACT , Models , virtual prototypes , System Design and Verification , TLM 2.0 , embedded software , VSP , TLM-2.0 , Team ESL , peripheral , SystemC , ESL

Digital Design

Five-Minute Tutorial: Finding EDI Videos

I've seen a few requests in the forums asking about EDI videos. Today I will show…

• less than a min read
COS , EDI , video , encounter , Digital Implementation , five minute tutorial , 5 minute tutorial

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro GRE Route Around Etch Shapes? See For Yourself in 16.5

This new 16.5 Global Route Environment ( GRE ) functionality was designed to allow…

• 1 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , global route , Routing , Allegro 16.5 , SPB , PCB Editor , Layout , "PCB design" , PCB design , SPB16.5 , Allegro PCB Editor , GRE , etch shapes

Verification

More Examples of Missing Real-World Assertions

Back in May, I published a blog post with examples of real-world situations that…

• 3 min read
ABV , asssertion-based verification , Functional Verification , formal , assertions

Analog/Custom Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Viva ViVA!

I realize that I have been quite remiss in that I have not yet blogged about the…

• 1 min read
Analog Design Environment , ViVa-XL , Virtuoso IC6.1.5 , Analog Simulation , IC 6.1.5 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , ViVA , ADE-XL , Custom IC Design

Verification

Celebrating the Success of the UVM World Web Site

In case you missed it, Cadence issued a press release last week announcing that we…

• 2 min read
uvm , uvm world , universal verification methodology , Accellera

Analog/Custom Design

Synchronizing Designs and Behavioral Models in Mixed-Signal Flows

The creation of behavioral models is only one part of the process of using those…

• 3 min read
AMS , Virtuoso-AMS , mixed signal design , AMS-Designer , amsDMVAMS-Designer , Verilog-AMS , analog , Mixed-Signal , model validation , mixed signal , wreal
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