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Cadence Giving Foundation Leads a Day of Collective Community Impact

On June 25, the Cadence Giving Foundation brought together an extraordinary coalition…

Corporate
• 2 min read
Cadence Giving Foundation , featured , san jose , Collective Impact Day , City Year Bay Area

Corporate News

The Three Phases of AI Adoption

Artificial intelligence is often discussed as if the industry is moving through a…

Corporate
• 6 min read
featured , infrastructure ai , agentic ai , physical ai , sciences ai

Corporate News

Finding What Truly Moves You: Honoring Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

"Finding what truly moves you is happiness. Success is measured in the lasting impact…

Corporate
• 2 min read
featured , EDA , Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli , UC Berkeley

Corporate News

Accelerating Drug Discovery with Agentic AI and Computational Science

By Louis Culot, corporate vice president and general manager, Cadence Molecular Sciences…

Corporate
• 3 min read
drug discovery , Cadence Molecular Sciences , featured , agentic ai , NVIDIA
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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

System, PCB, & Package Design 

See the Differences Between Your Designs Visually with the Layer Compare Toolset…

Have you ever wondered exactly what has changed between two different versions of…

• 6 min read
IC Packaging , solder mask layer , substrate , SiP Layout , layer compare tools

Verification

Recap of Another Successful Japan C-to-Silicon User Seminar

Back in November, our Japan office hosted a C-to-Silicon Compiler user meeting. They…

• 3 min read
C-to-Silcon , Renesas , Japan user group , high level synthesis , Fujitsu , Casio

Digital Design

Five-Minute Tutorial: Start the New Year with Voltus

Happy New Year to all of our Digital Implementation Blog readers - and also to anyone…

• 2 min read
voltagestorm , vstorm , rail analysis , EPS , vector-based , Voltus , IRdrop , power grid view , Power Analysis , EM , vectorless , five minute tutorial , power , RAKs , power grid library

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About AMS Multi-Core Engine Support? It’s in the 16.6 Release!

The 16.6 AMS Simulator (PSpice) release now includes support for multi-core capabilities…

• 2 min read
Cadence Design Systems , AMS , Allegro 16.6 , cadence , Allegroro AMS Simulator (PSpice) , AMS simulator , 16.6 , PSPICE , AMS simulation , Grzenia

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Customer Support Recommended - Implementing Jumpers in Allegro PCB Editor

Over the time, jumpers have found their importance in multiple applications . The…

• 3 min read
PCB Layout and routing , PCB Editor , vias , PCB design , jumpers

Verification

New Capabilities in the C-to-Silicon Compiler 2013 Releases

2013 was a banner year for high-level synthesis and C-to-Silicon Compiler in particular…

• 4 min read
13.1 , C-to-Silcon , 13.2 , pipeline functions , high level synthesis , RTL schematic

RF Engineering

Have You Tried the New Transmission Line Library (rfTlineLib)?

Happy New Year! Have you tried the new Transmission Line Library (rfTlineLib)…

• 4 min read
RF , RF Simulation , transmission line , RFIC , Wilsey , Spectre RF , rfTlineLib , spectreRF , SpectreRF tutorials

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: 12 Things I Learned in November by Browsing Cadence Online Support

New content on a wide variety of topics in November. Product Information 1. Cadence…

• 2 min read
EAD , AMS Designer , Virtuoso , AMS simulation , PVS

RF Engineering

SpectreRF Tutorials and Appnotes... Shhhh... We Have a NEW Best Kept Secret!

It's been a while since you've heard from me...it has been a busy year for sure.…

• 1 min read
RF Simulation , wireless , Wilsey , tutorial , spectreRF , Appnote , RF design , transmission lines , harmonic balance , SpectreRF tutorials

Verification

Practical Guide to the UVM for $15 - Virginia, There is a Santa!

Wondering what to get the verification engineer on your list? You know, the one with…

• less than a min read
funtional verification , SystemVerilog , scoreboard , uvm , IEEE 1800 , Verification methodology , UVMWorld , OVM , Incisive Enterprise Simulator , Register Package , SoC , IEEE1800 , Register Layer , IES , IUS , VMM

Analog/Custom Design

Support for Low Power Mixed Signal Designs in Virtuoso Schematic-XL

Why is There a Need for Low Power Solutions? With an increase in the demand for…

• 8 min read
Low Power , mixed signal design , mixed-signal methodology , mixed signal solution , CPF , LVS , cdl , Schematics-XL , Mixed-Signal , analog/mixed-signal , Virtuoso , mixed signal

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Take Your Via Structures from Ordinary to Exceptional with 16.6 IC Packaging Advanced…

Via structures—those reusable patterns of conductor clines and vias designers rely…

• 5 min read
IC Packaging and SiP Design , SiP , IC Packaging , packaging , Analog and RF SiP design , 16.6 , IC package design , APD , wirebonds , APR , IC Packaging & SiP design , BGA , Allegro Package Designer , IC packaging documentation , early adopter , APD 16.6 , SiP Layout , wirebonding , IC Package Physical layout and co-design
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