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Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR1 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR1 production release is now available for download.

Virtuoso Release Team
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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

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Studio IC23.1 ISR15 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC23.1 ISR15 production release is now available for download.

Virtuoso Release Team
• 2 min read
featured , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release , IC Release Blog Announcement , Virtuoso
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Add PNY to the growing list of memory module vendors entering the SSD fray

Memory-module vendor PNY has just announced its Optima line of 2.5-inch SSDs with…

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Verification

Video Interview: UVM Book Authors Sharon Rosenberg And Kathleen Meade

Earlier today a new book called "A Practical Guide to Adopting the Universal Verification…

• 1 min read
DAC , uvm , Functional Verification , OVM , DVcon , eRM , Accellera VIP TSC , VMM

SoC and IP

One Week Left: MemCon registration zooms past 600 attendees. Theme: DDR3 - 1 GHz…

You have only one more week to sign up for MemCon 2010! It’s the one day this year…

• 1 min read

Verification

System Realization Alliance -- An Industry Collaboration

System Realization is a very broad topic. It encompasses all aspects of system design…

• 1 min read
TLM , system realization , EDA360 , HLS , ESL , verification

Verification

New UVM Book Is For You And U But Not Ewe

A Practical Guide to Adopting the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) is the…

• 2 min read
SystemVerilog , uvm , TLM , Functional Verification , Testbench simulation , OVM , EDA360 , Register Package , OOP , Accellera , eRM , Accellera VIP TSC , IES-XL

SoC and IP

Wondering about mobile and consumer design and SPMT memory? Here’s your chance to…

This blog has discussed an up-and-coming serial memory-interface technology called…

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SoC and IP

Intel X-25M 80GB SSD Performance after 45 days of use: Time ain’t on my side, no…

A member of Overclock.Net going by the handle Kiggold just posted two screen shots…

• less than a min read

SoC and IP

DDR3 power savings may be more important for Embedded Apps than for PCs

A new hands-on article written by Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos just appeared on…

• 2 min read

Verification

Sign Up For Free Verification Sessions -- Only A Few Days Left

Mark your calendar and sign up for the two upcoming free verification sessions sponsored…

• 1 min read
workshops , Specman , Coverage-Driven Verification , EDA , Incisive , e , team specman , Aspect Oriented Programming , MDV , IES-XL

Verification

Software Development Tool Teardown For The Motorola Droid

Lately, device teardowns of consumer electronics have become popular. There are many…

• 4 min read
ADB , GDB , android , QXDM , DDMS , JTAG , ETM , vnc , Monkey , QPST , Systemm Verification

Verification

More Thoughts On How To Choose Between The OVM And The UVM

There has been a lot of on-line discussion since DAC about whether the Universal…

• 2 min read
uvm , OVM , VIP , EDA , Accellera , Mentor

SoC and IP

AnandTech analyzes Crucial C300 SSD with Marvell controller in “The SSD Diaries.…

Anand Lal Shimpi, the man behind the AnandTech.com Web site, has published an extended…

• less than a min read

Verification

Changing the Status Quo in SoC to System Hand-off

As part of EDA360 Cadence is learning how to play a more significant role in the…

• 4 min read
Device Drivers , virtual platforms , Droid

SoC and IP

MemCon 2010 looms (July 28). Huge networking opportunity with big list of attendees…

Memcon 2010 is a little more than two weeks away and although we’ve blogged about…

• 1 min read

SoC and IP

Upgrading Old PCs with SSDs: Where’s the Notion of Balance?

Martin Veitch of the UK’s www.CIO.co.uk online magazine recently wrote a blog that…

• 4 min read

SoC and IP

SSDs in embedded control: cold rolling steel in old European factories, Part 2, now…

Back in May, the Denali Memory Report covered an industrial application for SSDs…

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SoC and IP

Flash Memory Summit looms in August: All things Flash

When we weren’t looking, registration for MemCon zoomed past 500 and it’s still climbing…

• 1 min read

SoC and IP

Virident PCIe SSD delivers 320,000 read IOPS with 24-year service life

Add Virident to the growing list of companies that have introduced SSDs in the form…

• 1 min read

Verification

Why The UVM Is Ready For Production Use Today -- Part 3

This is the final installment of my blog posts based on the three common questions…

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uvm , Verification methodology , OVM , VIP , Accellera VIP TSC
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