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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

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

Verification

Is e Old? Yes. Is it Outdated? Definitely Not!

I was at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) last week showcasing our latest,…

• 2 min read
IEEE 1647 , DAC , Object Oriented Programming , Corey Goss , EDA , e , team specman , Aspect Oriented Programming , eRM , AOP

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Analog Design Environment XL – Make Friends with Variation

In my last blog, Virtuoso Analog Design Environment XL - Embrace the Productivity…

• 3 min read
PVT , Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso IC6.1.5 , custom/analog , IC 6.1 , Analog Simulation , Corners analysis , analog , IC 6.1.5 , ADE , worst case corners , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Monte Carlo , Virtuoso , ADE-GXL , ADE-XL , Custom IC Design

RF Engineering

Q&A: TI Wireless Team Describes Advanced Phase-Noise Characterization for RF Oscillators…

In this interview, members of the Texas Instrument wireless group talk about the…

• 8 min read
RF , analog/RF , APS , Circuit simulation , characterization , HB , MMSIM , pnoise , phase noise , analog , Nand Jha , spectreRF , Spectre , Ted Blank , harmonic balance , Texas Instruments , VCO , pss , TI , Oscillator

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor IDX Support? Look to SPB16.5 and See!

The Allegro 16.5 release was made available on May 17, 2011! This release adds additional…

• 6 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , EDMD , Routing , MCAD , Allegro 16.5 , PCB Editor , Layout , IDX , IDF , "PCB design" , PCB design , SPB16.5 , Allegro

Verification

Looking Back at DAC

Last week was the 48 th Design Automation Conference (DAC), held in lovely San…

• 3 min read
DAC , uvm , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , Denali Party , San Diego , Design Automation Conference
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