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Cadence RTL Design Studio: Built for the Full PPAC Journey

If you've used Joules RTL Design Studio, you already know what it can do. Now it…

raquelp
• 2 min read
Digital Design and Signoff , featured , Joules , Digital Implementation , rtlstudio

Corporate News

How the New ASK AI Assistant Makes Support More Seamless

Finding the right answer often takes more than one question. Users may start with…

Corporate
• 2 min read
featured , customer support , Generative AI , ASK Portal , ASK AI Assitant

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

You'll Still Do the Work—You Just Won't Do the Boring Part

Agentic AI is about to change your flow. Here's what actually shifts—and why the…

Corporate
• 5 min read
artificial intelligence , featured , agentic ai , NVIDIA , AI for design

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The Feedback Loop Is the Moat

Every verification and design team I talk to is building agents right now. The demos…

Hamid Shojaei
• 14 min read
featured , AI in chip design , GenAI , AI/ML
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Verification

Exploring the Virtual Platform Part 5

Welcome to part 5 of the Exploring the Virtual Platform series. This is probably…

• 5 min read
busy box , virtual platform , System Design and Verification , linux

Verification

Five Common Pitfalls For Conference Panels

Panels are some of the most popular sessions at many technical conferences. Getting…

• 2 min read

Verification

Experiment With Cadence's MIPI VIP Live in The Xuropa Online Lab

At risk of being lost in all the excitement of DVCon 2009 last week , my colleagues…

• 1 min read
funtional verification , Functional Verification , Cadence VIP portfolio , VIP , MIPI , Xuropa

Verification

Summary of a Really Busy DVCon Week

Joe Hupcey has done his usual fine job of documenting DVCon ( day 1 , day 2 , day…

• 1 min read
Functional Verification , OVM , DVcon , SystemC

Verification

OVM Multi-language Libraries – A Closer Look

Originally architected for multiple languages, the OVM is now available for all…

• 2 min read
SystemVerilog , OVM , VIP , OVM e , OVM SV , e , multi-language , SystemC , OVM SC , AOP

Verification

DVCon 2009 - Day 3

Today I was able to cover a paper on "OVM-based Methodology for Low Power Designs…

• less than a min read
funtional verification , verification strategy , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , Testbench simulation , DVcon

Verification

ESL Design - SystemC TLM2 IP Authoring: A Practical Experiment

Introduction ESL Virtual Platforms (systems or sub-systems) require heterogeneous…

• 8 min read
IP-XACT , System Design and Verification , Incisive , virtual prototype , Spirit , SystemC , osci registers , systemrdl

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Checkpoint Restart For Digital and Mixed Circuits? It's In SPB16

Checkpoint Restart for Digital and Mixed Circuits will allow PSpice users to set…

• 2 min read
Checkpoint , SPB 16.2 , PCB design , AMS simulation

Verification

DVCon 2009 - Day 2

Here are some pictures from DVCon 2009 Day 2, focusing on the OVM Case Studies lunch…

• less than a min read
SaaS , Verification methodology , OVM , OVM-e , DVcon

Digital Design

Demo: Automatic Floorplan Synthesis in Encounter

As an Applications Engineer, the first demonstrations you deliver of a new technology…

• 1 min read
MasterPlan , Floorplanning , Digital Implementation , Encounter Digital Implementation System 8.1

Verification

Using TLM Verification To Reduce RTL Verification

SystemC is the most common language used for modeling transaction level (TLM) behavior…

• 1 min read
TLM , Functional Verification , RTL , automation , planning and management , testbench

Verification

New OVM-e Testflow Features Introduce Increased Automation

Hi All, With the release of the OVM- e library, there are now many new features available…

• 4 min read
when sub-typing , Kaberi , Specman , Verification methodology , Functional Verification , Open Verification Methodology , Testbench simulation , OVM , OVM e , e , OVM-e , Aspect Oriented Programming , eRM , OVMWorld

Verification

DVCon 2009 - Day 1

As promised, here is my photo blog of Day 1 of DVCon, focused on the OVM Multi-Language…

• less than a min read
Verification methodology , Cadence VIP portfolio , OVM , VIP , DVcon , Levent Caglar , IES , IES-XL

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Designing DDR3 Interfaces In a Constraint Driven Design Environment

If you’ve been wondering how to capture high speed memory interface design intent…

• less than a min read
SPB 16.2 , PCB Signal and power integrity , Constraint Manager , DDR3

Verification

OVM Now Includes SystemC and e Language Interoperability

More of our customers are using Incisive for transaction level modeling (TLM) and…

• less than a min read
virtual platform , System Design and Verification , OVM , SystemC , prototype

Verification

Reflections on ESL: Where Are We and Where We Are Going

Many of the messages published by Gabe Moretti in his recent EETimes article resonate…

• 1 min read
TLM , RTL , System Design and Verification , EETimes , C-to-Silicon , SystemC , ESL

Verification

OVM e Open Source - It's Official!

Specmaniacs and other e RM & OVM users, Today we offically released the e RM 3.0…

• less than a min read
IEEE 1647 , OVM , OVM e , e , eRM

Verification

DVCon '09 Preview

For those of you that will not be able to make it in person: So you can follow the…

• 2 min read
funtional verification , Functional Verification , VIP , Mike Stellfox , DVcon , Levent Caglar , Jason Andrews

Digital Design

Turning the Downturn Upside Down

Many bemoan the gloom and doom of the present economic situation, and it is true…

• 1 min read
Low Power , OVM , MIPI , encounter , Virtuoso , Spectre , Digital Implementation , Chi-Ping
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