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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 Samuel
• 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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Verification

Accelerating Time to Market with ARM Software Development Tools and the Cadence System…

In one of the Monday presentations at the Cadence DAC Theater , Ronan Synnott from…

• 4 min read
Device Drivers , ARM Cortex-A , cadence , Cadence Theater , DAC2013 , android , System Design and Verification , System Development Suite , DDMS , DAC 2013 , SystemC virtual platforms , DS-5 , ARM Architecture , ARM , Cadence Virtual System Platform , SystemC TLM2 , Embedded Linux

Verification

How Can You Continue Learning About Advanced Verification at Your Desk?

How much time do you spend "playing" and "learning" before you try a new EDA tool…

• 1 min read
metric-driven , SystemVerilog , : Functional Verification , ABV , incremental elaboration , methodology , metric driven verification (MDV) , Metric Driven Verification , e-language , RAK , advanced verification , metric-driven verification , connectivity

Verification

DAC 2013 – System Design on Monday, June 3rd

The first day of DAC starts off today with four great presentations on system design…

• 2 min read
virtual prototyping , FPGA Based Prototyping , Software Debug , AMD , DAC2013 , Freescale , Palladium , RP , broadcom , Emulation , ARM , Schirrmeister

Verification

Welcome to DAC 2013!

I just arrived at DAC 2013 in Austin, and as always I'll be writing about the interactions…

• 2 min read
Electronic Design Automation , DAC 2013 , EDA , SoC , system design , engineering

Verification

Introducing UVM Multi-Language Open Architecture

The new UVM Multi-Language (ML) Open Architecture (OA) posted to the new UVMWorld…

• 2 min read
SystemVerilog , DAC , uvm , UVMWorld , AMD , UVM multi-language , Incisive , e , UVM ML , SystemC , SoCs , verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Customer Support Recommended - Flex PCB Design Features in Allegro PCB Editor

Flexible PCBs are used widely in everyday technology and electronics in addition…

• 5 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , Cadence Design Systems , Allegro 16.6 , PCB design" , cadence , Routing , 16.6 routing , 16.6 , layer stacks , Allegro 16.5 , Appnotes , PCB Editor , Layout , Appnote , "PCB design" , PCB design , 16.5 , Allegro PCB Editor , group routing , application note

Analog/Custom Design

Mixed-Signal -- Successful Tech-on-Tours, Huge Focus at DAC 2013

We just completed some hugely successful Mixed-Signal Tech-on-Tours in North America…

• 3 min read
real number modeling , clp , AMS Designer , CPF , Conformal Low Power , DAC 2013 , Mixed-Signal , Virtuoso , Internet of Things , amsDmvmv , mobile , PIEA , mixed signal , wreal , SMG , MDV , Schematic Model Generator , ARM Cortex-M , verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About PCB SI AutoSolving Models in SigXplorer? You’ll Need the 16.6 Release…

In previous releases, when you extract a net into SigXplorer, all the structures…

• 2 min read
PCB SI , PCB , SI , Allegro GUI , Allegro 16.6 , IBIS , SigXP UI , 16.6 , "PCB SI" , High Speed , SigWave , SPB , Signal Integrity , design , "PCB design" , Allegro PCB SI , Grzenia , SI analysis and modeling , Allegro

Verification

DAC 2013 – Software Driven EDA for the “Age of Gods”

This year's Design Automation Conference is less than a week away, and it's time…

• 13 min read
virtual prototyping , DAC , virtual platforms , Acceleration , Cadence Theater , rapid prototyping , RTL simulation , software-driven EDA , System Development Suite , DAC 2013 , System-Level Design , Emulation , hybrid engines , Design Automation Conference , ESL , FPGA-based prototyping

Verification

Why are Cadence and Forte Presenting Together at DAC?

You may or may not have noticed that Cadence's DAC Theater schedule features an intriguing…

• 1 min read
High-Level Synthesis , DAC , C-to-Silcon Compiler , Forte Cynthesizer , SystemC , HLS

Verification

New Specman Coverage Engine - Extensions Under Subtypes

This is first in a series of three blog posts that are going to present some powerful…

• 4 min read
AF , Specman , Specman coverage engine , coverage , Functional Verification , when extensions , Incisive , e language , extensions under subtypes , metric-driven verification , coverage driven verification (CDV) , multi-instance coverage , verification coverage

RF Engineering

SpectreRF at 2013 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium in Seattle, Washi…

If you are attending the International Microwave Symposium ( IMS 2013 ) in Seattle…

• less than a min read
nport , RF , RF Simulation , analog/RF , Circuit simulation , RFIC , Wilsey , shooting newton , Virtuoso Spectre , HB , Spectre RF , ADE-L , Analog Simulation , nport settings , MMSIM 12.1 , RF spectre spectreRF , spectreRF , RF design , International Microwave Symposium , harmonic balance

Analog/Custom Design

SKILL for the Skilled: Part 9, Many Ways to Sum a List

In the previous postings of SKILL for the Skilled , we've looked at different ways…

• 9 min read
Team SKILL , programming , Jim Newton , sum a list , IC615 , SKILL for the Skilled , summing , Lisp , SKILL++ , SKILL

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Help Shape Future Releases of APD and SiP – Provide Your Feedback on Early Adopter…

With every new release of the Cadence IC Package design software, many new features…

• 3 min read
SiP , IC Package , IC Packaging , feedback , Digital SiP design , 16.6 , IC Packaging and SiP , APD , wirebonds , IC Packaging & SiP design , beta tools , Allegro Package Designer , IC packaging documentation , early adopter , APD 16.6 , beta releases , wirebonding , IC Package Physical layout and co-design

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Quickplace Overlap? Check Out 16.6!

Just a very "quick read" on a new option for Quickplace this week. The Allegro PCB…

• less than a min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , Allegro GUI , Allegro 16.6 , Overlap components by , Placement Edit , place replicate , SPB , PCB Editor , Layout , Quickplace , PCB design , Grzenia , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro

Verification

The Internet of Things – the Next Growth Driver, Enabled by High-Level Synthesis…

The electronics industry has enjoyed constant growth while undergoing constant transformation…

• 3 min read
High-Level Synthesis , DAC , ASIC , microcontrollers , microprocessors , TLM , processors , TLM 2.0 , C , the internet of things , programmable world , Internet , SystemC , C-to-Silicon Compiler , HLS , microcontroller , C++

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: 10 Things I Learned in April by Browsing Cadence Online Support

I'll confess: I didn't learn all of this strictly by browsing https://support.cadence…

• 2 min read
AMS , custom/analog , layout-dependent effects , Rapid Adoption Kit , 20nm , Virtuoso , Virtuosity , mixed signal , Custom IC Design

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About AMS Data Precision Options? They’re in the 16.6 Release!

Just a brief blog today to introduce that 16.6 Allegro AMS Simulator (PSpice) now…

• less than a min read
Cadence Design Systems , AMS , cadence , AMS simulator , OrCAD Capture , Allegro AMS , PSPICE , design , OrCAD , AMS simulation , Grzenia

Analog/Custom Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Delta Markers in ViVA

This article is dedicated to the gentleman I sat next to at lunch at CDNLive a while…

• 3 min read
Analog Design Environment , ViVa-XL , Virtuoso IC6.1.5 , IC615 , IC 6.1.5 , delta markers , Analog Design Environment , ViVA , Custom IC Design
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