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Cadence Giving Foundation Leads a Day of Collective Community Impact

On June 25, the Cadence Giving Foundation brought together an extraordinary coalition…

Corporate
• 2 min read
Cadence Giving Foundation , featured , san jose , Collective Impact Day , City Year Bay Area

Corporate News

The Three Phases of AI Adoption

Artificial intelligence is often discussed as if the industry is moving through a…

Corporate
• 6 min read
featured , infrastructure ai , agentic ai , physical ai , sciences ai

Corporate News

Finding What Truly Moves You: Honoring Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

"Finding what truly moves you is happiness. Success is measured in the lasting impact…

Corporate
• 2 min read
featured , EDA , Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli , UC Berkeley

Corporate News

Accelerating Drug Discovery with Agentic AI and Computational Science

By Louis Culot, corporate vice president and general manager, Cadence Molecular Sciences…

Corporate
• 3 min read
drug discovery , Cadence Molecular Sciences , featured , agentic ai , NVIDIA
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Verification

Applying Digital-Centric Verification Methodologies to Analog

A majority (if not all) SoCs today are mixed signal. Increasingly, the analog and…

• 4 min read
AMS , Low Power , Real Value Modeling , Functional Verification , Mixed Signal Verification , Mixed-Signal , metric-driven verification , SoC Connectivity , System Verification , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IP modeling , RVM

Verification

My Reason For Choosing e – a Much More Advanced Verification Language. What’s Your…

I'd like to share with you a story from many, many, many moons ago when I first evaluated…

• 7 min read
SystemVerilog , Specman , debug , Functional Verification , e , e language , Aspect Oriented Programming , AOP

Verification

More on the Benefits of Metric-Driven Formal Analysis and Verification (MDV + ABV…

We interrupt R&D's Vinaya Singh's excellent series on "The Role of Coverage in Formal…

• 2 min read
Alok Jain , ABV , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , vPlan , corner cases , formal , EDA360 , verification planning , Coverage-Driven Verification , Enterprise Manager , intent , Enterprise Planner , Silicon Realization , coverage driven verification (CDV) , MDV , IEV , IFV , Coverage Driven Verification , verification

Verification

What Does Silicon Realization Mean for Verification Engineers?

Last May , I posed a question about what EDA360 means for verification engineers…

• 2 min read
performance , uvm , Functional Verification , vPlan , formal , OVM , VIP , EDA360 , Multi-Core , Incisive , Silicon Realization , metric-driven verification , multicore , IEV , simulation , IES , IFV

Verification

How Elastic is Your Business?

Facing a verification overrun, you poached resources, clocked overtime, and kept…

• 3 min read
Functional Verification , verification planning , profitability , business , elastic , metric-driven verification , MDV

Verification

Infinite Playbook for the Verification Superbowl

Its 4th and long, you're down by six, the clock is running out, and you are wary…

• 2 min read
SystemVerilog , uvm , debug , Functional Verification , OVM , EDA360 , Multi-Core , Incisive , Silicon Realization , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , Accellera VIP TSC , simulation , IES

Digital Design

Advanced Maneuvers in Feedthrough Insertion: Maximizing Routability while Minimizing…

Previously I wrote about the basics of feedthrough insertion in Encounter . Today…

• 2 min read
EDI system , hierarchical design , feedthrough insertion , encounter , Digital Implementation

Verification

System Realization Webinars in 2010 -- A Summary

Last year was unprecedented for Cadence. We came up with the EDA360 vision , reorganized…

• 5 min read
High-Level Synthesis , TLM , Fast Models , IP-XACT , Models , system realization , TLM 2.0 , Calypto , TSMC , Magillem , virual platform , virtual protoype , virtual prototype , Jeda , Imperas , Virtual Platforms , CircuitSutra , TLM 2.0-driven design , XtremeEDA , SystemC TLM2 , ESL , CoFluent , System Design and Verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About PCB SI Metal Surface Roughness? SPB16.3 Has Some New Enhancements

Happy New Year! Electromagnetic Solution 2D (EMS2D) is designed for accurate transmission…

• 2 min read
PCB SI , PCB , EMS2D , SI , RF , SPB16.3 , SiP , Signal Intregrity , Digital SiP design , SigXP UI , Allegro 16.3 , SPB 16.3 , electromagnetic , field solver , PCB design , EM , SI analysis and modeling , Allegro

Analog/Custom Design

SKILL for the Skilled: What is SKILL++?

The way SKILL++ deals with functions is a bit different than the way traditional…

• 5 min read
Team SKILL , hierarchy , Virtuoso , Lisp , Custom IC Design , SKILL++ , SKILL , Allegro

Verification

How I Nearly Had My Own “Subtract Bug” in a CPU Design

In a recent blog post , I talked about learning a public lesson on the importance…

• 3 min read
divide , subtract bug , debug , Functional Verification , bugs , corner cases , Cydrome , subtract , add , verification

Verification

More on the SystemC ARM Linux Boot Loader

My last post described a Linux Loader for ARM Virtual Platforms . Taking a closer…

• 3 min read
virtual platforms , android , boot loader , SystemC , ARM , debugging , linux , kernel

Verification

The Role of Coverage in Formal Verification, Part 1 of 3

As outlined in a prior post , new advances in formal and multi-engine technology…

• 4 min read
ABV , methodology , verification strategy , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , ABVIP , Cadence VIP portfolio , formal , VIP , CDV , SVA , PSL , coverage driven verification (CDV) , assertions , MDV , IEV , IFV

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Formulas in Allegro Constraint Manager? See For Yourself in SPB16

Since the initial release of Advanced Constraints, one of limitations was that formulas…

• 5 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , SPB16.3 , Allegro 16.3 , SPB 16.3 , SPB , formulas , PCB Editor , Constraint Manager , Layout , design , PCB design , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro

Verification

System Industry Trends - 2010 Highlights and What's Coming Up for 2011 (Part II)

2010 was a very dynamic year for the electronic systems industry overall and Cadence…

• 5 min read
High-Level Synthesis , Acceleration , CDNLive!ive! , system realization , C-to-Silcon , Palladium , Calypto , virtual prototype , Simulation acceleration , apps , metric-driven verification , System Design & Verification , C-to-Silicon Compiler , Virtual Platforms , Modeling , Hardware/software co-verification , ESL

Analog/Custom Design

On-Demand Webinar: Parasitic-Aware Design Part 3 -- Managing Parasitics in Back …

If you were not able to attend this recent live webinar, or were able to and would…

• less than a min read
analog , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design , parasitics

Digital Design

Planning for Hierarchical Design Success: Do You Have a Robust Feedthrough Insertion…

Feedthrough insertion is a subtly crucial task that naturally arises in hierarchical…

• 2 min read
EDI system , hierarchical design , feedthrough insertion , encounter , Digital Implementation

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro Router and ARKs? You’ll need the SPB16.3 Release to See

The SPB16.3 release of Allegro PCB Router is now aligned with Allegro PCB Editor…

• 1 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , SPB16.3 , ARK , Routing , antipad , specctra , Allegro 16.3 , SPB 16.3 , SPB , PCB Editor , Layout , design , "PCB design" , PCB design , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro

Analog/Custom Design

On-Demand Webinar: Parasitic-Aware Design Part 2 -- Managing Parasitics in Front…

If you were not able to attend this recent live webinar, or were able to and would…

• less than a min read
analog , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design , parasitics
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