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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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PCB、IC封装：设计与仿真分析

了解AMI与IBIS之后需要知道：如何轻松完成DDR5设计

本文转翻译自Cadence "Breakfast Bytes" 专栏作者Paul McLellan文章 "AMI for DDR5 Made Easy" 。 上一篇…

• less than a min read
Chinese blog , ddr5 , DDR4 , AMI , 均衡 , IBIS , IBIS-AMI , 中文 , SerDes , Sigrity

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: Cdsenv Editor – Simplifying Virtuoso Customization

Customization is the need of the day. From picking an ice cream flavor to outfitting…

• 4 min read
Cdsenv Editor , Virtuoso Environment Variables , ICADVM18.1 , cdsenv , cdsenv variables , Virtuosity , Virtuoso Design Environment , Custom IC Design , IC6.1.8

Breakfast Bytes

TSMC Technology Roadmap

Earlier this week it was the TSMC Technology Symposium. Here's my first post, summarizing…

• 4 min read
TSMC , TSMC Technology Symposium

System, PCB, & Package Design 

How to Accelerate Your Thermal Aware PI Design?

In modern electronic systems, there may be tens to hundreds of DC rail voltages used…

• 2 min read
PCB , DC , PI , DesignCon , PDN , Power Integrity , OptimizePI , DesignCon 2019 , PowerTree , electrical-thermal co-simulation , Sigrity , thermal , PowerDC

System, PCB, & Package Design 

BoardSurfers - Aerials and Bails: How to Hide the Design Path in Art File

Before manufacturing, PCB fabricators analyze Gerber data to verify if it is manufacturable…

• 1 min read
Gerber , Manufacture , artwork , environment variable , Allegro PCB Editor

Breakfast Bytes

8 Things to Know about CDNLive EMEA

It's CDNLive EMEA! Well, not today, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 6 to 8 at…

• 3 min read
CDNLive , CDNLive EMEA

Computational Fluid Dynamics

BMT Specialized Ship Design: Ship Resistance Validation with Fluid Dynamics Simu…

At BMT Specialised Ship Design (formerly BMT Nigel Gee), the process for vessel resistance…

• 2 min read

定制IC芯片设计

Virtuosity：在Virtuoso可视化和分析中阅读矢量文件

在IC6.1.8和ICADVM18.1之前，要查看数字和模拟波形以及应用的激励，必须使用数字和模拟求解器进行仿真。这可能是一个耗时的过程。但是，现在您可以将数字激励文件直接读入…

• less than a min read
VCD , Chinese blog , Analog Design Environment , ICADVM18.1 , analog , ViVA , Virtuosity , analog stimuli , IC6.1.8 , vector

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - Scan Compression Fundamentals

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Industry expert Rohit Kapur introduces…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , modus , Scan Compression

Breakfast Bytes

ESD Alliance Evening with Paul Cunningham

Paul Cunningham was interviewed by Jim Hogan at the latest ESD Alliance "fireside…

• 8 min read
semi , Jim Hogan , esd alliance , verification

Breakfast Bytes

Cadence Memory IP for LPDDR4 Certified in TSMC 16FFC

Last week, Cadence announced the certification of its LPDDR4 IP in TSMC's 16nm automotive…

• 3 min read
Automotive , 16FFC , ISO 26262

定制IC芯片设计

Virtuosity：模拟计划和覆盖环境（SPACE） - 简介

随着工艺节点缩小到小于 28 纳米，模拟设计的复杂性正在迅速增加。这种复杂性导致了大量的工作条件（工艺，电压和温度，通常称为 PVT），在仿真过程中必须考虑这些条件…

• less than a min read
verifier , PVT , Chinese blog , ICADVM18.1 , coverage , Analog Coverage , Analog Simulation , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , space , Custom IC Design , IC6.1.8 , Assembler , verification

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: Spring-Cleaned Virtuoso Doc Closet

Most of us know how a spring-cleaned house can look like. But, do you know how the…

• 3 min read
legato , Virtuoso Schematic Editor , ICADVM18.1 , Routing , ADE L , Virtuoso RF , Layout EXL , layout XL , Virtuoso , Layout L , Cadence Help , Virtuoso Doc , Virtuoso Design Environment , Virtuoso Layout Suite , IC6.1.8

Breakfast Bytes

Online Regulations in England and Australia

Everyone in technology, even as far down the value chain as EDA and semiconductors…

• 5 min read
free speech , gdpr , european union

Breakfast Bytes

SEMICON China: 100,000 Visitors

China is hugely important for electronics in general and semiconductor in particular…

• 7 min read
semicon china , semi

Breakfast Bytes

Genus and Innovus: Compus and iSpatial

Yesterday I covered the first part of Chuck Alpert's presentation on the upcoming…

• 5 min read
Genus , CDNLive , Innovus , Synthesis

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - CloudBurst - Fast, Painless, Proven Solution for Hybrid Cloud…

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Craig Johnson explains the reasons behind…

• less than a min read
Whiteboard Wednesdays , Cloud-based Design , cloudburst

Breakfast Bytes

Genus and Innovus: Together at Last

Yesterday I wrote about a presentation at CDNLive Silicon Valley Qualcomm: Bring…

• 5 min read
Genus , CDNLive , Synthesis , CDNLive Silicon Valley

定制IC芯片设计

Virtuosity: 运行计划助手的新功能-第一部分

事实证明，Virtuoso ADE Assembler 中的运行计划助手是最流行的功能之一。它提供了在单个会话中创建多个设置变体的功能，每个运行都有自己的设置详细信息…

• less than a min read
Chinese blog , Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Run Plan , Custom IC Design , Custom IC , IC6.1.8 , ADE Assembler
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