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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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System, PCB, & Package Design 

Turn GDSII Data into Intelligent Die Components with 16.6 Cadence APD/SiP Tools

As we all know, there are many file formats in which an IC package designer will…

• 3 min read
Cadence Design Systems , SiP , IC Package , IC Packaging , GDSII , packaging , Digital SiP design , Advanced Package Router , stream , 16.6 , GDS-II , APD , IC Packaging & SiP design , Allegro Package Designer , IC packaging documentation , SiP Layout

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Customer Support Recommended - Instance and Occurrence Modes of Design Annotation…

Assigning reference designators for the schematic instances is a very vital part…

• 5 min read
PCB , 16.01 , capture , "capture CIS" , hierarchy , cadence , OrCAD Capture , 16.6 , Capture CIS , Capture-CIS , hierarchical schematics , Appnotes , Appnote , "PCB design" , OrCAD , PCB design , 16.5 , application note , PCB Capture , Schematic

Verification

Creating Virtual Platform Models

One of the most common questions asked about virtual platforms is:Who creates the…

• 4 min read
VSP Log Viewer , virtual prototoypes , virtual platforms , TLM , virtual platform models , cadence , TLM-2 , System Design and Verification , TLM 2.0 , SystemC modeling , TLM-2.0 , timgen , SystemC , Model creation , Cadence Virtual System Platform

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About ADW’s Design Migration? 16.6 has many new enhancements!

Prior to the Allegro Design Workbench (ADW) 16.6 release, the migration process required…

• less than a min read
Allegro 16.6 , cadence , 16.6 , Allegro Design Workbench , design data management , design , Grzenia , library , ADW , Allegro

Analog/Custom Design

SKILL for the Skilled: Part 8, Many Ways to Sum a List (Closures -- Functions with…

In the past several postings to this blog, we've looked at various ways to sum a…

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

Verification

Develop For Debugability – Part II

Looking at Coding Styles for Debug In this blog post we are going to discuss 3 different…

• 3 min read
AF , Specman , Specman/e , debug , Functional Verification , debugability , debuggability , e language , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , Daniel Bayer

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About FSP’s Design Compare? Check Out 16.6!

The 16.6 Allegro FPGA System Planne r (FSP) product has an extremely helpful Design…

• 2 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , Allegro 16.6 , FPGA-PCB Co-Design , FPGA System Planner , 16.6 , Taray , FPGAs , SPB , PCB Editor , Design Entry HDL , Layout , design , FSP , PCB design , Grzenia , comparing constraints , FPGA , Allegro , FPGA: PCB

Digital Design

Answers to Top 10 Questions on Performing ECOs in EDI System

Applying ECOs to a design can be complex, stressful and error prone so it's important…

• 6 min read
ECO , Cadence EDI System , LEC , encounter digital implementation system , tips and tricks , Synthesis , mmmc

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About DEHDL’s Constraints Comparison? The Secret's in the 16.6 Release

The Allegro 16.6 Design Entry HDL release provides designers a mechanism to compare…

• 2 min read
PCB , Allegro Design Entry , Constraint-driven PCB Design flow , constraint databases , Allegro 16.6 , 16.6 , property , PCB Editor , Constraint Manager , Layout , design , constraint difference , PCB design , Grzenia , Schematic , Allegro

Analog/Custom Design

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

Topics in March include advanced analysis in ADE GXL, taking advantage of lots of…

• 2 min read
Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso IC6.1.5 , Virtuoso Space-based Router , Rapid Adoption Kit , IC615 , IC 6.1.5 , ADE , VLS GXL , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Monte Carlo , Virtuoso Layout Suite L , Virtuoso , ADE-GXL , Analog Design Environment , ADE-XL , VLS L , AMS simulation , Custom IC Design , modgens , RAKs , Virtuoso Layout Suite , Virtuoso Layout Suite GXL , VLS XL , SKILL , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Corral Your Selections with New Lasso and Path Modes in 16.6 APD and SiP

The level of ease and efficiency you experience in selecting the items needed for…

• 2 min read
package , SiP , IC Package , IC Packaging , packaging , Digital SiP design , 16.6 , APD , wirebonds , IC Packaging & SiP design , Allegro Package Designer , IC packaging documentation , APD 16.6 , SiP Layout , wirebonding , IC Package Physical layout and co-design

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Generic Cross-Section Files? See for Yourself…

Beginning with the Allegro PCB Edito r 16.6 release, you are provided a methodology…

• 2 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , ECSets , Constraint-driven PCB Design flow , constraint databases , Allegro GUI , Allegro 16.6 , electrical constraints , 16.6 , SPB , PCB Editor , Constraint Manager , Layout , design , "PCB design" , constraint difference , PCB design , Constraints , Grzenia , Allegro PCB Editor

Verification

Develop for Debugability – Part 1

Debugging is the most time-critical activity of any verification engineer. Finding…

• 4 min read
AF , Specman , debug , Functional Verification , encapsulate , aspect-oriented programming , encapsulating aspects , debugability , e language , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , debugging , simulation , verification , Daniel Bayer

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About RF PCB and Autoplace? 16.6 Has Many New Enhancements!

The 16.6 Allegro RF PCB application has many new enhancements. I’ll cover a few over…

• 5 min read
PCB , PCB Layout and routing , RF , Cadence Design Systems , Allegro RF SiP , Allegro 16.6 , RF PCB , autoplace , 16.6 , Placement Edit , SPB , PCB Editor , Design Entry HDL , design , PCB design , Design Entry , Grzenia , Allegro PCB Editor , Schematic

Analog/Custom Design

Unleashing Mixed-Signal Tech on Tours (ToTs) in North America

At CDNLive-Silicon Valley this year, we had an excellent mixed-signal track for two…

• 2 min read
AMS , EDI , CDNLive , CDNLive 2013 , MS ToT , cadence , tech on tour , mixed-signal IP , AMS Designer , analog , analog behavioral models , analog/mixed-signal , Virtuoso , mixed signal methodology guide , mixed signal , CDNLive SV 2013 , OpenAccess , SoCs , AMS Verification , mixed-signal verification

Digital Design

Five-Minute Tutorial: Set Flip-Chip Bumps as Voltage Sources in EPS/EDI Rail Ana…

When running power and rail analysis for a flip chip, we used to have to spend some…

• 3 min read
EDI , rail analysis , EPS , Five-Minute tutorial , Power Analysis , flip chip , bump

Verification

Incisive Debug Analyzer is a Finalist for EETimes and EDN ACE Software Product of…

Great news.... Incisive Debug Analyzer (IDA) is one of five finalists for the EETimes…

• 2 min read
SystemVerilog , IDA: Functional Verification , ACE , Specman , Specman/e , cadence , debug , Specman e , Incisive Enterprise Simulator , Incisive Debug Analyzer , EDA , Incisive , e , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , simulation , IUS , EE Times

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About PCB SI and Vias? 16.6 Has Many New Enhancements!

In the Allegro PCB SI 16.6 release, vias in SigXp have been enhanced to make it more…

• 5 min read
PCB SI , PCB , SI , inset vias , Allegro 16.6 , cadence , Signal Intregrity , SigXP UI , 16.6 , PCB Signal and power integrity , layer stacks , "PCB SI" , Signal Integrity , via , design , "PCB design" , Design Reuse , PCB Signal integrity , Allegro PCB SI , Grzenia , SI analysis and modeling , Allegro

Analog/Custom Design

SKILL for the Skilled: Part 7, Many Ways to Sum a List

In this episode of SKILL for the Skilled I'll introduce a feature of the let primitive…

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