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Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR3 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR3 production release is now available for download.

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• 4 min read
IC25.1 , featured , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release Announcement blog

Corporate News

Cadence Tapes Out UCIe IP Solution at 64G Speeds on TSMC N3P Technology

Delivering the next wave of chiplet innovation, Cadence has successfully taped out…

Corporate
• 2 min read
news story , ucie , featured , chiplets , TSMC N3P

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業界初、エッジAI・AI搭載PC向けeUSB2V2エンドツーエンドデモをCESで公開

CES 2026で業界初のeUSB2V2エンドツーエンドデモを公開。AI PCやエッジAI向けの省電力・高速伝送を実現する最新USB技術の詳細をご紹介します。

Cadence Japan
• less than a min read
news story , eUSB2v2 , Edge AI , Design IP , featured

Corporate News

Industry’s First End-to-End eUSB2V2 Demo for Edge AI and AI PCs at CES

Since their debut in 2023, AI PCs have taken the market by storm. Gartner projects…

Corporate
• 4 min read
news story , eUSB2v2 , Edge AI , Design IP , featured
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Verification

Cadence Investment in SystemC Continues -- NASCUG SystemC Day at DVCon

Don't lose touch with what's new in the world of SystemC! Cadence is a long time…

• 2 min read
virtual platforms , virtual prototypes , System Design and Verification , OSCI , DVcon , Accellera , Jim Hogan , IEEE P1666 , SystemC , NASCUG , SystemC Day

Digital Design

Tortoise Versus Hare … or How to Improve Your Time to Tapeout Using In-Design Si…

Now that Wei Lii Tan has helped you with your New Year’s resolution to “create a…

• 2 min read
dynamic rail analysis , Static timing analysis , ets , EDI system , Signoff Analysis , DRC , design rules , LVS , SI analysis , EPS , noise analysis , EDI 10.1 , Virtuoso , Digital Implementation , In-Design Signoff , Timing analysis , Power Analysis , signoff , tapeout , IR drop , Digital end-to-end flow , EM Failures , timing convergence , DFM

Analog/Custom Design

Q&A: IBM Modeling Team Describes Advanced SOI Qualification Flow In Cadence MMSIM…

Circuits implemented using sub-micron technologies require designers to meet tighter…

• 9 min read
APS , characterization , Compact Modeling Council , model qualification , IBM , MMSIM , Monte Carlo , spectreMDL , Spectre , CMC , SOI , Custom IC Design , Spice model verification , BSIMSOI

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About PCB SI Signal Quality Screening? SPB16.3 has a Few New Enhancements

Signals are subject to degradation when they are transmitted through a channel. High…

• 3 min read
PCB SI , PCB , SI , SPB16.3 , Signal Intregrity , SigXP UI , Allegro 16.3 , SPB 16.3 , High Speed , SPB , PCB design , signal quality screening , SI analysis and modeling , Allegro

Verification

Celebrating the UVM 1.0 Release, or the Gadfly Eats a Little Crow

As I hope you have all seen by now, Accellera has announced the official production…

• 2 min read
uvm , methodology , Functional Verification , VIP , VIP-TSC , Register Package , Accellera , gadfly , verification

Verification

The Increasing Role of SystemC in System Design

Today's post is less technical and a bit more theoretical, but I promise that my…

• 4 min read
debug , C , system design , SystemC , Virtual Platforms , Synthesis , Modeling , C++ , debugging , simulation , System Design and Verification

Verification

Formal Driven MDV – A New Tool for your Toolbox

Have you considered adding formal to your metric driven verification flow? Maybe…

• 2 min read
metric-driven , coverage , Functional Verification , Metric Driven Verification , Formal Analysis , formal , Incisive , MDV , simulation , Formal verification

Verification

Being a Part of Something Truly Remarkable - UVM

For just over two years I have had the honor of playing a role in a dramatic example…

• 2 min read
uvm , Functional Verification , EDA360 , Incisive , Accellera VIP TSC , synopsys , IES , Mentor

Verification

The Tale of the Silicon Re-Spin and the Bug That Got Away

I'd like to continue my blog series discussing corner-case conditions of various…

• 4 min read
conformal , corner cases , clock domain crossings , CDC , bug , FIFO

Digital Design

Evolution of Design Exploration and Planning

The great architect Frank Lloyd Wright once said "you can fix it on the drafting…

• 2 min read
EDI , First Encounter , EDI system , partitioning , Floorplanning , encounter digital implementation system , Encounter Digital Implementation , Digital end-to-end flow , Floorplanning and Prototyping

Digital Design

Guest User Blog: dbShape For All Your Logical Operation Needs

This is a guest post from Jason Gentry at Avago. I hope you enjoy this useful piece…

• 4 min read
EDI , Avago , encounter , EDI 10.1 , dbShape , db access , Digital Implementation , Gentry , logical operations , tcl

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro Router and Highlighting? You’ll need the SPB16.3 Release…

Just a quick post this week on a new Allegro PCB Router feature in the SPB16.3 release…

• less than a min read
PCB , SPB16.3 , blind vias , Routing , specctra , Allegro 16.3 , layer stacks , SPB 16.3 , PCB Editor , Layout , via , design , "PCB design" , PCB design , highlighting , Allegro PCB Editor , buried vias , Allegro

Verification

The Role of Coverage in Formal Verification, Part 3

.special { font-family: 'Courier New' !important; } In the last post of this…

• 5 min read
ABV , methodology , verification strategy , coverage , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , Model-checking , formal , Coverage-Driven Verification , Incisive , SVA , PSL , metric-driven verification , coverage driven verification (CDV) , assertions , IEV , simulation , IFV

Verification

Why the Demand for Acceleration and Emulation is Growing

The dream of any marketer is a growing demand for its product line. Let me start…

• 3 min read
emulator , ASIC , Acceleration , virtual platform , System Design and Verification , OVM , Palladium , Low power verification and analysis , Emulation , virtual prototype , System Design & Verification , Hardware/software co-verification , simulation , verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Shorter, Predictable Design Cycles (SPDC) – Ensuring Critical Signals Have a Return…

This is third in the series of blog posts about making your design cycles predictable…

• 2 min read
PCB , DDR2 , High Speed , webinar , PCB design , return path , PCI Express , SATA , Standards based Interfaces , DDR3 , Allegro

Analog/Custom Design

Analog Assertion Based Verification Methodology – Reality or a Dream? (Part 2)

The design and verification methodology for analog circuits has not changed much…

• 3 min read
ABV , assertion-based , Analog Simulation , analog , SoC , Mixed-Signal , SVA , PSL , AMS simulation , assertions , mixed signal , wreal , Custom IC Design , verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro Measure, Grids and Formulas? See For Yourself in SPB16

This week, I’m tossing together a mix of a few new SPB16.3 Allegro PCB Editor features…

• 2 min read
grids , PCB , PCB Layout and routing , Allegro 16.3 , SPB 16.3 , SPB , formulas , PCB Editor , High-Density Interconnect , Layout , via , design , PCB design , Allegro PCB Editor , Cline change , HDI , microvia , Allegro

Analog/Custom Design

Advanced Mixed-Signal Designs Demand a Unified Methodology

Mobile, automotive, consumer and medical applications require the productive realization…

• 4 min read
conformal , RF , mixed-signal seminars , Low Power , CPF , abstraction , analog , ECOs , Mixed-Signal , Convergence , intent , Silicon Realization , mixed signal , signoff , SoCs

Verification

De-Mystifying SystemC: What is TLM?

In my last post I briefly mentioned that when designing hardware with SystemC, you…

• 2 min read
High-Level Synthesis , Registers , TLM , Models , C to Silicon , transaction level modeling , SystemC , Modeling , System Design and Verification
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