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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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Hynix initiates “20nm-class” NAND Flash production with 64Gbit devices

Hynix announced yesterday that it has begun mass production of 64Gbit NAND Flash…

• 1 min read

Digital Design

EDA Follow-The-Leader ... Signoff In The Design Flow

As a member of the EDA community, I find it interesting and somewhat frustrating…

• 1 min read

Verification

e Verification Job Postings We’ve Seen

Specmaniacs between jobs: over the last few weeks we’ve seen job postings for verification…

• 2 min read
IEEE 1647 , funtional verification , IntelliGen , Specman , methodology , Object Oriented Programming , Functional Verification , Open Verification Methodology , specman job postings , OVM e , Incisive , jobs , e , OVM-e , team specman , specman elite , OOP , job postings , Aspect Oriented Programming , eRM , IEV , System Verification , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , hvl , AOP , IES-XL , Trailblazer

Verification

TLM-driven Design And Verification Methodology Book Author Interviews

The recently published TLM-driven Design and Verification Methodology book has been…

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TLM , methodology , Stellfox , Balarin , Mosenson , Bailey , Watanabe , McNamara , ESL , book

Analog/Custom Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: ADE XL Test Setup

In my last post , I left you in suspense, with your mouse hovering over the words…

• 4 min read
IC 6.1 , ADE , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , ADE-XL , IC 6.1.4 , Custom IC Design

SoC and IP

Memcon 2010 proceedings now online

Last week’s MemCon 2010 was a blowout event, focusing on the past, present, and future…

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SoC and IP

The Woz Is Coming...The Woz Is Coming...The Woz Is Coming...and keynoting at the…

Just announced, Steve Wozniak will be speaking at the Flash Memory Summit this month…

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System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About The PCB SI Model Editor? See For Yourself In The SPB16.3 Release

With the SPB16.3 release of PCB SI , the Model Editor has been added to allow you…

• 5 min read
PCB SI , PCB , SI , RF , SPB16.3 , SiP , HSPICE , Signal Intregrity , Digital SiP design , IBIS , SigXP UI , PCB Signal and power integrity , Allegro 16.3 , SPB 16.3 , IBIS-AMI , SigWave , PCB design , SI analysis and modeling , model editor , power

SoC and IP

Real comments on SSDs from the industry at large over at LinkedIn

It’s easy for pundits to flap their lips when speaking about SSDs. What’s harder…

• 4 min read

SoC and IP

I’ve been waiting for this: water-cooled DDR3 SDRAM from Kingston

Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away--PC motherboards carried an array of chips…

• 2 min read

SoC and IP

Motley Fool investment site discovers SSDs, gets it wrong

The Motley Fool, a famous investment book turned Web site ( www.fool.com ) just posted…

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SoC and IP

DRAMeXchange says DRAM market topped $10 billion in Q2

The worldwide market for DRAMs exceeded $10 billion in Q2 according to David Manners…

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Verification

Silicon Hive CTO: How Transaction-Based Acceleration Speeds IP Verification And Prevents…

Jeroen Leijten is Chief Technology Officer for Silicon Hive , a Dutch company that…

• 7 min read
IP , Leitjen , Acceleration , Silicon Hive , video , Palladium , SoC , Emulation , transaction-based , TBA , graphics , verification

Verification

Do Hardcopy Books Still Have Value?

As my colleagues Adam Sherer and Joe Hupcey reported last week, Cadence has just…

• 2 min read
uvm , Verification methodology , Functional Verification , OVM , VIP , Accellera , VMM

Verification

Tech Tip: Dramatically Improve Throughput With “Assertion Distributor”

There are several ways that Incisive Formal Verifier (IFV) can be set to evaluate…

• 4 min read
ABV , Functional Verification , vPlan , Fornal , Desktop Manager , IEV , IFV

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Favorite Features Of An IC Package Designer: Assembly Rule Checks

This is the third in a series of discussions we would like to open up regarding…

• 1 min read
SPB16.3 , package , SiP , Analog and RF SiP design , Digital SiP design , 3D-IC , Allegro 16.3 , IC Packaging and SiP , IC Packaging & SiP design , SPB , wirebond profile library , IC Package Physical layout and co-design , Kulicke & Soffa

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro GRE Bundle Editing? SPB16.3 Has Many New Enhancements!

The Allegro Global Route Environment (GRE) has expanded its capabilities in the area…

• 4 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , SPB16.3 , global route , Allegro 16.3 , SPB 16.3 , SPB , PCB Editor , Layout , PCB design , Allegro PCB Editor , GRE , Allegro

Analog/Custom Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: ADE XL

I know, it's been a long time since my last post. You see, we've finally arrived…

• 5 min read
IC 6.1 , ADE , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , ADE-XL , IC 6.1.4 , Custom IC Design

SoC and IP

Pasadena SSD Maker Foremay crams 2Tbytes into 3.5-inch SSD, 1Tbyte into 2.5-inch…

Foremay’s EC188 M-series Model-V SSDs is now available in a 2-Tbyte version for 3…

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