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Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR3 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR3 production release is now available for download.

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• 4 min read
IC25.1 , featured , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release Announcement blog

Corporate News

Cadence Tapes Out UCIe IP Solution at 64G Speeds on TSMC N3P Technology

Delivering the next wave of chiplet innovation, Cadence has successfully taped out…

Corporate
• 2 min read
news story , ucie , featured , chiplets , TSMC N3P

Cadence Japan

業界初、エッジAI・AI搭載PC向けeUSB2V2エンドツーエンドデモをCESで公開

CES 2026で業界初のeUSB2V2エンドツーエンドデモを公開。AI PCやエッジAI向けの省電力・高速伝送を実現する最新USB技術の詳細をご紹介します。

Cadence Japan
• less than a min read
news story , eUSB2v2 , Edge AI , Design IP , featured

Corporate News

Industry’s First End-to-End eUSB2V2 Demo for Edge AI and AI PCs at CES

Since their debut in 2023, AI PCs have taken the market by storm. Gartner projects…

Corporate
• 4 min read
news story , eUSB2v2 , Edge AI , Design IP , featured
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Verification

DAC '09 for the Specmaniac

The following are the "must see" items for Specmaniacs lucky enough to get travel…

• 3 min read
DAC , Specman , Functional Verification , OVM e , e , Mike Stellfox , Jason Andrews

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro's Placement Application Mode? - Look to SPB16.2 and See

In prior releases, Allegro PCB Editor does not provide the user the ability to place…

• 5 min read
Allegro 16.2 , PCB Editor , PCB design

Verification

At DAC Next Week

Yours truly will be at the big show next week, and I hope that all of you in the…

• 1 min read
DAC , Specman , Functional Verification , OVM , OVM e , DVcon

Verification

Simulation of Voltage Scaling for Dynamic Power Reduction

Some background info: In a previous blog , I introduced: DVFS (Dynamic Voltage…

• 2 min read
Low Power , Real Value Modeling , Functional Verification , Advanced Node , wreals , Mixed-Signal , Signal Integrity , verification

Verification

It's DAC Time Again!

By now, you've probably seen that Cadence is participating quite heavily in DAC this…

• 2 min read
DAC , Functional Verification , verification

Verification

Specman And The Cadence ESL+TLM News

Recently our colleagues on Team ESL announced a new TLM-Driven Design and Verification…

• 2 min read
IEEE 1647 , DAC , Specman , TLM , Verification methodology , Functional Verification , simvision , OVM e , e , Aspect Oriented Programming , eRM , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , ESL , AOP , IES-XL

Analog/Custom Design

DesignCon 2010 Call for Papers

Hello, As a member of the technical committee and as the chair member for the Analog…

• less than a min read
DesignCon , Advanced Node , Mixed-Signal , RF design , mixed signal , Custom IC Design

Verification

What is Next for SystemC?

Let your voice be heard at the North American SystemC Users Group interactive Town…

• 1 min read
TLM , System Design and Verification , OSCI , SystemC , high level synthesis , HLS

Verification

The Scoop on Tracking & Validating Formal Assumptions – You Don’t Need to Assume

" Tackling formal assumptions through verification planning " is a recent article…

• less than a min read
funtional verification , ABV , Verification methodology , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , Coverage-Driven Verification , Incisive , Enterprise Manager , Enterprise Planner , coverage driven verification (CDV) , Functional Verificatioa , verification

Verification

North American SystemC User's Group Co-Located at DAC 2009

We've been hearing about SystemC for a while. It's a great language! What's it great…

• less than a min read
OSCI , Analysis , SystemC , NASCUG , System Design and Verification

Verification

Write Right OVM Verification Components

The OVM provides the most comprehensive reuse if you follow the methodology it prescribes…

• 4 min read
SystemVerilog , OVM ML , OVM e , OVM SV , OVMWorld

Analog/Custom Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Search Assistant

People say I have strong google-fu . Whether it's finding information on a homework…

• 3 min read
IC 6.1 , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

SoC and IP

NAND Forward Price Drops will Slow Significantly

Author's Note and Errata: There were some errors in the forward NAND pricing in the…

• 9 min read

Digital Design

How To: Create a Self-Contained Testcase in Encounter

In the course of performing design work in Encounter, it frequently becomes desireable…

• 2 min read
Digital Implementation forums , How To , testcase , Encounter Digital Implementation System 8.1

RF Engineering

RF Measurement Library: Capturing Circuit Characterization Setups on the Schemat…

Another design approach that Cadence supports that may not be obvious to all users…

• 1 min read
Circuit simulation , RFIC , custom design , RF design , design framework , RF Measurement library

Verification

TLM-Driven Design and Verification Solution

At this week's CDNLive! Japan we made an important press release announcement about…

• 2 min read
TLM-driven design , Calypto , Incisive , System C , TDM , C-to-Silicon , ARM , System Design and Verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About ABIML in PCB SI? It's in SPB16.2!

First - ABIML is an acronym for A lgorithm- B ased I nterconnect M odel L ibrary…

• 3 min read
SI , SPB 16.2 , ABIML , PCB design , Allegro

Verification

Tips on Using e Macros to Raise Abstraction and Facilitate Reuse

[Please welcome Yuri Tsoglin of Specman R&D to the guest blogging rostrum.] …

• 5 min read
IEEE 1647 , Specman , Functional Verification , tech tips , e , team specman , macros , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES-XL

Verification

Embedded Software Plays an Important Role in Low Power Design

At Cadence, there is a big focus on low power design . In the mobile world, power…

• 3 min read
android , System Design and Verification , Low power verification and analysis , google , power forward , metric-driven verification , Incisive Software Extensions
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