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Explore Photonics and Quantum Technologies at CadenceCONNECT 2025

The intersection of photonics and quantum computing marks a pivotal moment in advancing…

Vinod Khera
• 1 min read
Quantum States , featured , cadenceconnect , photonics , Quantum Technology

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
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System, PCB, & Package Design 

BoardSurfers: Training Insights - Fundamentals of PDN for Design and PCB Layout

What is a Power Distribution Network (PDN) after all but resistance, inductance,…

• 2 min read
Power Integrity , Sigrity , Allegro PCB Editor , PowerDC

System, PCB, & Package Design 

IC Packagers: You Can Leave Your (Molding) Cap On…

Molding caps aren’t something we talk about too frequently around here. We all know…

• 6 min read
Allegro Package Designer

Breakfast Bytes

Automotive Reliability: The Bathtub Curve

There are a lot of aspects of automotive reliability. The same goes for aerospace…

• 4 min read
Automotive , legato , functional safety , analog , aging , FITS

Breakfast Bytes

Fourth 4G Network Goes Live in Japan

So your first thought on reading the title to this post might be that having to stay…

• 6 min read
5G , 4G , mobile , o-ran

PCB、IC封装：设计与仿真分析

极致PCB设计全流程 I 技巧二：有效利用格点系统

在PCB设计过程中，一些工具使用技巧的掌握，能够让我们的设计事半功倍。 “极致PCB设计全流程”——第二期 技巧篇：“有效利用格点系统”将跟大家分享“env+快捷键设置…

• 1 min read
Chinese blog , 软件技巧 , training , webinar , PCB设计 , 中文 , 直播网课 , online training , Allegro PCB Designer , 专家培训

Breakfast Bytes

Sunday Brunch Video for 19th April 2020

www.youtube.com/watch Made in my living room (camera Carey Guo) Monday: John Park…

• less than a min read
sunday brunch

Breakfast Bytes

It's a SLAM Dunk Programming the Vision Q7 DSP

The Tensilica Vision Q7 DSP is the sixth-generation vision and AI DSP. It has an…

• 5 min read
vision Q7 , embedded vision , SLAM , Tensilica

Analog/Custom Design

Start Your Engines: AMSD Flex—Take your Pick!

Introduction to AMSD Flex mode and its benefits.

• 2 min read
mixed signal design , AMS Designer , AMSD , AMSD Flex Mode , mixed-signal verification

Verification

Metamorphic Testing: The Future of Verification?

Curious about what’s going on behind the scenes with verification? Bernard Murphy…

• 1 min read
Functional Verification , Semiwiki , metamorphic testing

Digital Design

Library Characterization Tidbits: Rewind and Replay

A recap of the blogs published in the Library Characterization Tidbits blog series…

• 3 min read
Liberate AMS , Liberate LV , RAK , Liberate Variety , library characterization , Application Notes , Liberate MX , training bytes , Library Characterization Tidbit , Liberate Characterization Portfolio

System, PCB, & Package Design 

BoardSurfers: Five Easy Steps to Create Footprints Using Packages in Library Cre…

In my previous blog , I talked about creating a footprint using an existing template…

• 2 min read
Library Creator , PCB Editor , 17.4-2019 , ECAD-MCAD Library Creator , PCB design

Breakfast Bytes

Bringing Clarity of Signal to High-Performance Connector Design

I recently wrote a white paper on Signal Integrity for 112G, which I'll post about…

• 5 min read
return loss , Signal Integrity , crosstalk , clarity

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: Concurrently Editing a Hierarchical Cellview

This blog discusses key features of concurrently editing a hierarchical cellview…

• 2 min read
concurrent edit hierarchical subcell , concurrent layout editing , ICADVM18.1 , concurrent editing , CLE , concurrent hierarchical editing , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite , Custom IC , Layout Editing

Breakfast Bytes

HiFi DSPs - Not Just for Music Anymore

When the Tensilica HiFi DSP family was first created, the focus was all on low-power…

• 4 min read
hifi 5 , Audi , HiFi , Tensilica , tensorflow lite

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - TensorFlow to RTL with High-Level Synthesis

In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Dave Apte explains the flow from a TensorFlow…

• less than a min read
High-Level Synthesis , Whiteboard Wednesdays , TensorFlow , Stratus

System, PCB, & Package Design 

IC Packagers: Time-Saving Alternatives to Show Element

In the Allegro back-end layout products like Allegro Package Designer Plus, it would…

• 6 min read
Allegro Package Designer , Allegro PCB Editor

Breakfast Bytes

The Furthest Man Has Been from Earth

What is the furthest that man has been from Earth? And who? If I tell you that today…

• 4 min read
Apollo , space

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Meets Maxwell: Keeping Things Simple in the Virtuoso RF Solution

We have all heard the sayings “Less is more” and “Keep it simple”. Electromagnetic…

• 5 min read
EM Analysis , ICADVM18.1 , Virtuoso New Design Platform , Virtuoso Meets Maxwell , Virtuoso RF Solution , Virtuoso RF , Electromagnetic analysis , RF design , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite

Breakfast Bytes

John Park Webinar: Is It the Age of the Chiplet?

I first started paying attention to 3D packaging many years ago. Every year there…

• 5 min read
FOWLP , chiplets , 3D IC , more than Moore , interposer
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