Explore the Cadence Forums to find and exchange in-depth technical information.

Featured

Analog/Custom Design

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
cdns - all_blogs_categories

Blog - Post List

Latest blogs

Verification

It’s Time to Modernize Debug Data and It’s Happening at DAC

“The leading edge is 1 million gates.” That was the news when we approved IEEE Verilog…

• 2 min read
Verdi , debug , simvision , VCs , Indago , Debussy , Questa , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays—What's a Configurable Processor?

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Chris Rowen discusses the basics of Tensilica…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP , Chris Rowen , Tensilica , configurable processor

Digital Design

Five-Minute Tutorial: Innovus User Interface Tips

Hi Everyone, No doubt by now you have heard about the Innovus Implementation System…

• less than a min read
UI , Digital Implementation , Innovus , five minute tutorial

Verification

How Ethernet Standards Are Born

I attend IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards meetings and blog about them from time to…

• 5 min read
Verification IP , 802.3bp , Ethernet standards , Automotive Ethernet , Ethernet , 802.3 , Marris

Verification

Multi-Language Verification Environment (#2) – Passing Items on TLM Ports, Using…

In the previous blog post , we created a simple multi-language verification environment…

• 3 min read
IEEE 1647 , uvm , methodology , Functional Verification , e , universal verification methodology , e language , multi-language , verification

Verification

Multi-Language Verification Environment—Getting First Run in Few Minutes

Seems that by now, every one in the industry realizes that multi-language verification…

• 2 min read
uvm , methodology , e , e language , UVC , multi-language

Verification

Specman deep_copy()—Creating Too Many Structs

This blog starts with a description of a debugging session of a mysterious behavior…

• 3 min read
Specman , debug , e , Funcional Verification , ClubT

SoC and IP

Three Steps for USB Application Success – Design, Verify, Certify

With the USB protocol being so popular nowadays (and frankly speaking, was there…

• 2 min read
Design IP , host , cadence , controller , PHY , OTG , USB , Dual Mode , ip cores , Dual Role , device

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - DDR4 Bank Grouping

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Kishore Kasamsetty continues his discussion…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , DDR4 , memory IP , DDR4 bank grouping

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good or Not So Good About Cadence Documentation? Here’s Your Chance to Let…

Most of our customers use the product documentation, Help, and Cadence Online Support…

• less than a min read
COS , Cadence Design Systems , Cadence Online Support , Cadence Help , Cadence documentation

SoC and IP

IP is BIG at the Design Automation Conference, June 7-11, in San Francisco

Think that DAC is all about EDA tools? Not anymore. This year there are over 100…

• 2 min read
controller IP , Verification IP , DSP , Design IP , IP , Chris Rowen , Rowen , IP blocks , ip cores , Tensilica , DAC 2015 , Design IP and Verification IP

SoC and IP

How to Design to the ‘Always-on’ IoT Imperative

I’ll never forget covering a presentation that then-National Semiconductor CEO Brian…

• 2 min read
IP , Chris Rowen , cadence , IoT , Fusion , Tensilica , Internet of Everything. , Internet of Things

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: 19 Things I Learned in April 2015 by Browsing Cadence Online Support

Application Notes 1. Spectre PSPICE Netlist Support Spectre technology enables…

• 5 min read
AMS , ADE XL , UNL , Monte Carlo , Virtuoso , Liberate , VLS XL , VCP

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays—Type C Connector and USB Controllers

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Jacek Duda explains the implications…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , controller , USB , Type C connector , On-the-go

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Split Plane Association? 16.6 Has Several New…

In the 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor release, net associations to split planes are now…

• 1 min read
PCB Layout and routing , Cadence Design Systems , Allegro 16.6 , PCB Editor , Layout , PCB design , Grzenia , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays—Innovations in the DRAM World

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Lou Ternullo reviews the latest DRAM…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP , DRAM , system level , density

Verification

Indago Protocol Debug and IP Verification

Nothing beats knowing, a late electronics-industry veteran used to say. That’s no…

• 3 min read
IP , cadence , debug , Functional Verification , electronics system design , Indago , engineering , verification

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays—Why Buy Memory Models?

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Susan Peterson breaks down why you should…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP , memory models

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About the Allegro Design Entry HDL Front to Back Flow Cadence Training…

Hear what Bruce Imai—a Cadence Educational Services course developer—Cadence Application…

• less than a min read
PCB Layout and routing , Routing , electrical constraints , 16.6 , High Speed , hierarchical schematics , PCB Editor , Design Entry HDL , Layout , PCB design , Grzenia , Schematic , Allegro
CDNS - Fix Layout Hompage