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Cadence Welcomes Ausdia and TimeVision Timing Constraints Management Solution

We're delighted to welcome Ausdia to Cadence. Effective April 16, 2026, Ausdia's…

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digital design , Digital Design and Signoff , featured , Tempus timing solution , Timing analysis

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The Rise of the Autonomous Engineer

Agentic AI in engineering has moved from concept to reality at remarkable speed.…

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• 5 min read
featured , agentic ai , NVIDIA , AI-Driven Design , AI for design

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Cadence CEO Outlines the Path to the CMOS 2.0 Era at IMEC ITF World 2026

At this year's ITF World 2026 in Antwerp, Belgium, global technology leaders gathered…

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• 4 min read
CMOS 2.0 , featured , imec , AI for design , XTCO

Corporate News

Welcoming EMA Design Automation and FlowCAD to Cadence

We're excited to share that the EMA Design Automation and FlowCAD teams have joined…

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• 2 min read
featured , Ultra Librarian , EMA , System Design and Analysis
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Embracing a Zero Trust Security Model

A couple of months ago, the National Security Agency (NSA) published a document titled…

• 4 min read
security , nsa , zero trust

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Brian Jackson Introduces a Mystery Product at IMAPS (Shh, It's OrbitIO)

I have been criticized in the past for calling OrbitIO the "red-headed stepchild…

• 6 min read
system in package , 3DIC , OrbitIO

Verification

CCIX Coherency: Verification Challenges and Approaches

Cache coherency is not a new concept. Coherent architectures have existed for many…

• 2 min read
SoC verification , ccix , PCIe , coherency , CXS

Verification

PSS 2.0 Is Available and Driving Portable Stimulus to the Mainstream!

Three years ago, PSS (Portable Test and Stimulus) specification 1.0 was released…

• 2 min read
Perspec , pss , portable stimulus , verification

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Update: Pointwise, PCIe, RISC-V

This is another of my occasional update posts, covering changes to recent posts that…

• 3 min read
risc-v , pcie 5 , Pointwise , PCIe

RF /マイクロ波設計

μWaveRiders:Cadence AWR ソフトウェアでの強化されたロードプル

Team RF "μWaveRiders" ブログシリーズはCadence AWR RF製品のためのショーケースです。月ごとの話題はCadence AWR Design…

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PCB , source impedance , load impedance , AWR Design Environment , Load Pull analysis , Load Pull data , Load Pull template , RF design , AWR Microwave Office , PA , japanese blog

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Sunday Brunch Video for 18th April 2021

https://youtu.be/afv9_fRCrq8 Made at Target Oakridge (camera Ziyue Zhang) Monday…

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sunday brunch

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Meets Maxwell: Creating Connectivity Between Die and BGA Package for IC…

Before the creation of die and package layout can begin, logical connectivity between…

• 5 min read
IC , package , Footprint , Virtuoso Meets Maxwell , Virtuoso RF Solution , Virtuoso RF , Package Design in Virtuoso , Allegro Package Designer Plus , BGA , die , OrbitIO , SiP Layout Option , ICADVM20.1 , Ball , Custom IC , bump

RF Engineering

μWaveRiders: Enhancing Load Pull with Cadence AWR Software

The Cadence AWR Design Environment platform V15 offers enhanced load pull capabilities…

• 5 min read
PCB , source impedance , load impedance , AWR Design Environment , Load Pull analysis , Load Pull data , Load Pull template , RF design , AWR Microwave Office , PA

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: What’s New on the Cadence Learning and Support Portal – Virtuoso Layout…

Cadence Learning and Support portal has introduced a new one-stop learning resource…

• 3 min read
Virtuoso , Virtuosity , ICADVM20.1 , Custom IC Design , RAKs , Virtuoso Layout Suite , Custom IC , IC6.1.8 , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

Spotlight Taiwan

Palladium Z2和Protium X2 雙重奏(Dynamic Duo)引擎系統、邁向驗證新時代 !

原文出處: Dynamic Duo 2: The Sequel 作者: Paul McLellan 有一個故事，可能是虛構的，關於一位編劇在好萊塢找人投資影片的故事…

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dynamic duo , prototyping , protium x2 , palladium z2 , FPGA prototyping , taiwanese blog , software development , firmware development

Computational Fluid Dynamics

This Week in CFD

This Week in CFD reached convergence long before I had exhausted the two-week backlog…

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CFD , Pointwise , Computational Fluid Dynamics

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Evolving Maturity in Ransomware

I recently attended a Black Hat seminar titled The Evolving Maturity in Ransomware…

• 6 min read
security , ransomware , cybersecurity

カスタムIC／ミックスシグナル

Spectre Tech Tips: リークパスによる電流ホットスポットの検出

回路設計において、誤った接続が望ましくないリークパスを引き起こし、結果として電流のホットスポットとなる可能性があります。こういった電流のホットスポットはSpectre…

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Dynamic design checks , Spectre design checks , leakage path detection , Spectre , dyn_dcpath , japanese blog , dyn_subcktpwr

Computational Fluid Dynamics

AeroDelft Pushes the Airline Industry towards a Sustainable Future with Liquid Hydrogen…

AeroDelft is a student team at the forefront of sustainable aviation. While based…

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CFD , Computational Fluid Dynamics

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Programming Early Computers Was Very Different from Today

In my post "I Couldn't Imagine Being Too Poor for Servants, or Rich Enough for a…

• 10 min read
ibm 1130 , atlas II , icl 1904 , ict 1904 , history

Digital Design

Verifying Design Changes Does Not Have to be Difficult and Tedious — Make it Easier…

You put your design through a multitude of tools for various transformations. Going…

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conformal , formal , Logic Design , Equivalence Checking , Digital Implementation , verification

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Benedict Evans on Tech 2021: Harder Problems and Regulation

This is a continuation of last week's post Benedict Evans' on Tech in 2021 . That…

• 6 min read
benedict evans , Internet , regulation

SoC and IP

First Look: Cadence Subsystem SoC for PCIe 5.0

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video tells you the entire story. Cadence…

• 1 min read
controller IP , CXL , PCI Express 5.0 , Design IP , IP , PHY , Gen5 , PCIe , semiconductor IP , Design and Verification IP , SerDes , Compute Express Link , SerDes IP , PCI Express
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