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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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SoC and IP

Taiwan Mixing it up with DRAMs, Part II..Acceptance?

Mirrors Worldwide Government's Increasing Role in Business and the Economy; “Cash…

• 4 min read

RF Engineering

Noise and Jitter Analysis for PLL-Based Frequency Synthethiser Using SpectreRF

Cadence will present SpectreRF Noise aware PLL flow latest enhancements at the DesignCon…

• 1 min read

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About a Table of Contents Generator? - Download SPB16.2 and See!

It's here! It's really here!!! I've spoken with many customers over the past several…

• 5 min read
SPB 16.2 , TOC , table of contents , PCB design

Verification

Tech Tip: Avoiding "Error! Integer Overflow" With Incisive Simulator

While simulating a VHDL design with Incisive Simulator, if an integer overflow is…

• 1 min read
NCVHDL , Functional Verification , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES

Verification

"ClubT" Newsletter Issue #3 Just Posted

Specmaniacs and Other Trailblazers, The latest edition of the 'ClubT ' newsletter…

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IEEE 1647 , SystemVerilog , IntelliGen , Low Power , Specman , HW/SW , verification strategy , Verification methodology , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , Cadence VIP portfolio , Testbench simulation , OVM , VIP , OVM e , Coverage-Driven Verification , CDV , Multi-domain verification: HW/SW co-verification , e , Enterprise Manager , Enterprise Planner , ISX (Incisive Software Extensions) , Plan and metrics management , coverage driven verification (CDV) , Aspect Oriented Programming , ISX , System Verification , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES , AOP

SoC and IP

Low Latency DRAMs Continue to Serve Networking Niches

Low Latency DRAMs (LL DRAMs), Survive to Serve an Important Market Niche: Last…

• 4 min read

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Allegro PCB SI at DesignCon

Drop by the Cadence booth at DesignCon to see the latest demonstrations of Allegro…

• less than a min read
PCB Signal and power integrity , IBIS-AMI , SerDes , PCB design , DDR3

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Cadence SiP and IC Packaging at DesignCon

Those of you attending DesignCon in February should stop by the Cadence booth to…

• less than a min read
Digital SiP design , 3D-IC , TSV , IC Packaging & SiP design , IC Package Physical layout and co-design

RF Engineering

SpectreRF GUI Support for MMSIM 7.1

MMSIM 7.1 has just been released! The following IC release GUIs support the new MMSIM7…

• less than a min read
Virtuoso Spectre , Spectre RF , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , Spectre , RF design

Digital Design

ST Microelectronics – A Fountain-head of Design Innovations

In my last blog, I asked all of you to send me your design innovations. Thanks for…

• 1 min read
SoC-Encounter , SoC-Encounter 8.1 , Digital Implementation , Encounter Digital Implementation , "SoC-Encounter"

Verification

Functional Verification More Important than Ever in 2009?

Here in Cadence Product Marketing, we're still recovering from our very busy annual…

• 1 min read
metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , Coverage-Driven Verification , coverage driven verification (CDV) , OVM 2.0

System, PCB, & Package Design 

3D IC or TSV: The Next Phase in Functional Density and Miniaturization

It seems that almost every semiconductor company is thinking or talking about 3D…

• less than a min read
Analog and RF SiP design , Digital SiP design , TSVi , IC Packaging & SiP design , IC Package Physical layout and co-design

Verification

Report On The MDV "Deep Dive" Workshops

As heralded in a prior posts, we recently hosted some "alumni" from our recent Techtorials…

• 6 min read
workshops , verification strategy , Verification methodology , metric driven verification (MDV) , Coverage-Driven Verification , Multi-domain verification: HW/SW co-verification , Enterprise Manager , Enterprise Planner , ISX (Incisive Software Extensions) , Plan and metrics management , coverage driven verification (CDV) , ISX , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , techtorial

SoC and IP

DRAM Market Problems Escape All Solutions So Far

DRAM Market Solution? You Won’t Find It Here!: If you are reading here, expecting…

• 5 min read

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Updated Assembly Design Rules Checker? - Look to SPB16.2 and See

As packages continue to increase in complexity, particularly in the arrangement of…

• 5 min read
SPB 16.2 , Design Rule Checker , PCB design , Allegro

Verification

Exploring the Virtual Platform Part 2

This week's installment of the "Exploring the Virtual Platform" series focuses on…

• 5 min read
virtual platform , System Design and Verification , ARM , linux , QEMU

SoC and IP

SLC Price Premium and Profit Potential Persists

SLC NAND is More Profitable than MLC, Though Market is Quite Limited : Digitimes…

• 3 min read

Verification

Tech Tip: Managing Specman esv File Size

When compiling e files on top of Specman, or when using the save command, Specman…

• less than a min read
Specman , e , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES

Verification

Ride The Economy Slow-Down

Last week, at Cadence Sales Kickoff, we have heard fascinating presentations from…

• less than a min read
System Design and Verification , IP re-use , ASIC/ASSP
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