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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

True Stories of Assertion Driven Simulation (ADS) in the Wild

Ever since Assertion-Driven Simulation (ADS) became available, I have been working…

• 4 min read
AXI , ABV , Verification methodology , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , ABVIP , formal , simvision , VIP , ADS , DDR , Club Formal , Constraints , IEV , Assertion-Driven Simulation , Formal verification , Assertion-based verification

SoC and IP

Cadence Demonstrates PCI Express 3.0 Controller IP in Customer Silicon

At the June 2011 PCI-SIG Developer's Conference, Cadence demonstrated Cadence Design…

• less than a min read
controller IP , Design IP , PCI Express 3.0 , Gen3 , PIPE , PCI , PCI-SIG

Verification

Video: Distinguished Engineer Mike Stellfox on UVM, the Debug Bottleneck, and System…

My colleague and Cadence Distinguished Engineer Mike Stellfox leads a group of trailblazers…

• less than a min read
DAC , uvm , debug , system realization , Mike Stellfox , Accellera , SystemC , Trailblazer

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro PCB Router Region Rules? 16.5 has a few new enhancements

Designers normally create nets or groups of nets to assign constraints. This leads…

• 1 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , Constraint-driven PCB Design flow , global route , Routing , Allegro 16.5 , PCB Editor , Layout , design , "PCB design" , PCB design , SPB16.5 , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro

Verification

Before DAC, There Was Club Formal – An Event Series Completely Focused on Formal…

To complement our support of DAC, CDNLive, and other large-scale events, where the…

• 1 min read
events , ABV , verification strategy , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , formal , Incisive , Incisive Seminar , ADS , Oski Technology , Silicon Realization , assertions , Club Formal , ClubT , IEV , Assertion-Driven Simulation , Formal verification , IFV , verification , Assertion-based verification

Verification

Full Sequence Coverage in a Single Line of e Code?

I was asked recently about how to easily collect coverage on the sequences generated…

• 1 min read
Specman , e , OVM-e , e language , team specman , specman elite , AOP

Analog/Custom Design

M/S Technology on Tour Blog – Model Validation and Assertion Based Verification

In February 2011, I had the opportunity to meet a group of analog and mixed-signal…

• 5 min read
Virtuoso-AMS , mixed-signal ToT , amsDMVAMS-Designer , Mixed-Signal , SVA , model validation , Virtuoso , PSL , assertions , mixed signal

Digital Design

Five-Minute Tutorial: Save Time With The Right Mouse Button

How many times have you done this: you want to flip or rotate a cell in your design…

• 1 min read
EDI , right mouse button , encounter , Digital Implementation , rotate cell , five minute tutorial , flip cell , RMB , 5 minute tutorial

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Advances in Leadframe Packaging Lead Cadence and CDS to Collaboration

One thing is certain about IC Package technology -- things change quickly. Leadframe…

• 2 min read

Verification

Video: Duolog at DAC 2011 Update – Automating Design and Verification IP Integra…

One of the key tenants of the EDA360 vision is the need for scalable, correct-by…

• 1 min read
Cadence Connections , DAC , uvm , Virtual System Platform , IP , videos , IP-XACT , TLM 2.0 , VIP , EDA360 , Duolog , Incisive , Socrates , AMBA , ARM , David Murray

Verification

Video: DAC 2011 Update From NextOp CEO Yunshan Zhu

At DAC 2011 I had the opportunity to reconnect with Yunshan Zhu, the CEO of NextOp…

• less than a min read
Cadence Connections , NextOp , DAC , uvm , ABV , Yunshan Zhu , verification strategy , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , BugScope , assertion synthesis , assertions , Design Automation Conference , Formal verification , verification , Assertion-based verification

Verification

Planes, Trains and Automobiles: European Seminar Series

A couple of blog posts ago, I talked about the worldwide functional verification…

• 3 min read
Functional Verification , Europe , formal , Incisive , Mixed-Signal , EMEA , metric-driven verification , MDV , IEV , IFV

Verification

Video: Update on AMIQ’s DVT IDE at DAC 2011 – Specman Debugger Integration, Open…

Specmaniacs and IES-XL users around the world know that Integrated Development Environment…

• less than a min read
DAC , eclipse , uvm , Specman , Functional Verification , Amitroaie , OVM , e , DVT , e language , AMIQ , eRM , IDE , verification , IES-XL

Verification

Video: Formal Verification Service Provider Oski Technology at DAC 2011

At DAC 2011, both myself and fellow Team Verify member Tom Anderson felt a distinct…

• 1 min read
DAC , ABV , verification strategy , Verification methodology , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , formal , Oski Technology , assertions , Formal verification , verification , Assertion-based verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Associative Dimensioning? Check Out 16.5!

With the Allegro PCB Editor SPB16.5 release we've enhanced the existing Allegro drafting…

• 3 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , Routing , Allegro 16.5 , PCB Editor , Layout , "PCB design" , PCB design , SPB16.5 , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro

Analog/Custom Design

How to Design Analog/Mixed Signal (AMS) at 28nm

Wireless, networking, storage, computing and FPGA applications have been moving…

• 3 min read
AMS , AMS v2.0 , APS , Virtuoso-AMS , IP , AMS-Designer , reference flow , 28nm , TSMC , analog , Mixed-Signal , LDE , Virtuoso , Spectre , mixed signal

Verification

Photo Essay and Comments on DAC 2011 in San Diego, CA

In addition to the annotated image gallery ( click here or on the image), below are…

• 2 min read
DAC , Joe Hupcey III , ABV , asssertion-based verification , Formal Analysis , formal , EDA360 , EDA , ADS , Oski Technology , Assertion-Driven Simulation , Formal verification , cloud computing

Digital Design

Five-Minute Tutorial: Find A Pin's Transition Time

How many times while working in Encounter Digital Implementation system have you…

• 1 min read
EDI , max_transition , report_constraint , encounter , Digital Implementation , five minute tutorial , pin transition time

Analog/Custom Design

Mixed-Signal Physical Design Implementation Made Easy

Getting a complex mixed-signal design assembled and completely analyzed for mask…

• 2 min read
Low Power , IC 6.1 , Floorplanning , Mixed-Signal , encounter , Virtuoso , mixed signal , OpenAccess , design implementation
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