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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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Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - How the MIPI Alliance Works to Enhance Mobile Devices

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays episode, Moshik Ruben, Product Marketing Director…

• less than a min read
mobile devices , UniPro , D-PHY , MIPI , MIPI protocols , M-PHY

Analog/Custom Design

What's the Worst that Could Happen?: Worst-Case Corners in ADE GXL

In addition to combinations of temperature range and power supply voltages (usually…

• 2 min read
Variability Aware Design , Corners analysis , worst case corners , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , ADE-GXL , Analog Design Environment

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - Implementing Always-On Audio

In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesdays episode, Gerard Andrews, from the Tensilica…

• less than a min read
mobile devices , Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP , sensor fusion , voice trigger , Tensilica , HiFi DSP , always on audio , audio playback

Analog/Custom Design

What Your Circuit Doesn't Know, Can Kill It!

Device variation has been a long-standing problem in custom design. Over the years…

• 1 min read
IP , post-extraction , corner , in-design , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , physical implementation , device variation , IC design

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Improve Design Quality with Adjacent Layer Object Avoidance in the 16.6 Cadence APD…

In this week's discussion, let's take a look at a cornerstone of every good substrate…

• 2 min read
IC Packaging and SiP Design , package , packaging , IC Packaging and SiP , APD , IC Packaging & SiP design , SiP Layout , IC Package Physical layout and co-design

Verification

e Language Editing with Emacs

Specman and e have been around for a while, and some clever people have developed…

• 1 min read
AF , Specman , Incisive Debug Analyzer , e code , xemacs , Funcional Verification , editing , emacs

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - What is VIP?

Today, our continuing Whiteboard Wednesdays video blog series will provide an overview…

• less than a min read
Verification IP , Memory , VIP , EDA , interfaces , SoC design

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro/OrCAD/Sigrity Quarterly Incremental Releases (QiRs)? Check…

You’ve no doubt seen announcements (either via customer emails, on the Cadence website…

• 1 min read
PCB , Allegro 16.6 , 16.6 , Support , SPB , Front-end PCB design , OrCAD , Sigrity , Allegro

Verification

Incisive Verification: Top 10 Things I Learned While Browsing Cadence Online Support…

There is always a demand, in most corners of the world today, for learning and troubleshooting…

• 9 min read
IEEE-1801 , LPS , App Note Incisive Simulation , Cadence Online Support , RAK , UVC , UPF , IES

SoC and IP

My Love-Hate Relationship with Mobile World Congress

My friends are jealous. I get an all-expense-paid trip to Barcelona, Spain to see…

• 1 min read
Design IP , MIPI , Mobile World Congress , MWC , Tensilica

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays—Imaging, Video, and Embedded Vision

Today, our continuing Whiteboard Wednesdays video blog series will shed some light…

• less than a min read
Design IP , Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP , video , embedded vision , Tensilica , imaging , imaging video

Verification

Cadence and AMD Add New UVM Multi-Language Features

The UVM Multi-Language Open Architecture open-source library was recently updated…

• 2 min read
IEEE 1647 , SystemVerilog , uvm , IEEE 1800 , UVM-ML , VCs , Incisive , e , IEEE 1666 , Accellera , SystemC , Questa , IES-XL

SoC and IP

Latest Developments in Ethernet Standards

Cadence is committed to supplying Ethernet silicon and verification IP to help its…

• 3 min read
Ethernet standards , IEEE 802.3 , Ethernet , Marris , 802.3bj

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor CM Analysis Control? 16.6 Has a Few New Enhancements

Beginning with the 16.6 version of Allegro PCB Editor , you can now toggle the Analysis…

• less than a min read
PCB , constraints manager , Cadence Design Systems , Constraint-driven PCB Design flow , data management , constraint databases , Allegro GUI , Allegro 16.6 , cadence , 16.6 , SPB , PCB Editor , Constraint Manager , PCB routing , design , PCB design , Constraints , Grzenia , Allegro PCB Editor , Constraint Driven PCB routing , PCB Capture , Allegro

Verification

Covering Edges (part II)—“Inverse Normal” Distribution

In the previous example , we used the "select edge" to generate edge values for fields…

• less than a min read
AF , e language , Funcional Verification , functional coverage , coverage driven verification (CDV) , Aspect Oriented Programming

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - Closing the Memory Wall Gap

We're excited to introduce Whiteboard Wednesdays, a new video blog series that will…

• less than a min read
Design IP , 2D Memory , Memory , DDR4 , 3D memory , wide i/o , HMC , HBM , UFS , eMMC , Tensilica , DDR4 3DS

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor New Ratsnest Display Option? Check Out 16.6

The 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor release has a ratsnest display option that is designed…

• less than a min read
PCB , Cadence Design Systems , Allegro GUI , Allegro 16.6 , cadence , Routing , 16.6 , PCB Editor , PCB routing , Layout , design , PCB design , Grzenia , Allegro PCB Editor

Verification

ADI Success Verifying SoC Reset Using X-Propagation Technology - Video

Analog Devices Inc. succeeded in both speeding up the simulation and debug productivity…

• 2 min read
x-prop , Low Power , debug , simvision , CPF , x-propagation , Incisive , UPF , MDV , GLS , verification , IES-XL

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: 15 Things I Learned in December 2013 by Browsing Cadence Online Supp…

With this month's title, I'll need to start adding the year, as this marks the one…

• 3 min read
RF Simulation , AMS , Low Power , PCells , ADE , Layout , Virtuoso , Spectre , Analog Design Environment , ADE-XL , PVS , SKILL
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