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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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August Update: DAC Keynote, CHIPS, CXL, V2V, EE Times

It's that time again, the last Friday of the month. Here are lots of items that are…

• 4 min read
CXL , dac59 , EETimes , dsrc , chips act

Digital Design

RTL-to-GDSII Flow: I Am Not a Tool but Can Help You Implement Your Entire Design…

Passion motivates and helps you pursue it further, but gaining expertise requires…

• 4 min read
ECO , conformal , Static timing analysis , VLSI , scan , DFT , Integrated Metrics Center , Genus , featured , Cadence blogs , GDSII , code coverage , Tempus , Functional Verification , Gate level simualtion , ASIC flow , gds , LEC , Signoff Analysis , RTL , SDF , STA , Cadence Online Support , Floorplanning , RTL-to-GDSII , training , Logic Design , xrun , Equivalence Checking , Layout , digital flow , Digital Implementation , Innovus , physical design , Timing analysis , Cadence Education Services , ATPG , xcelium , RTL2GDSII , Synthesis , signoff , physical implementation , Design specifications , verification , cadence learning and support

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How to Win the America's Cup with CFD

People have been designing boats for literally thousands of years. Triremes, fishing…

• 7 min read
CFD , FINE Marine , Computational Fluid Dynamics , america's cup , fidelity

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Women in CFD with Virginie Barbieux

Recently, I had an opportunity to interview another woman working in CFD, Virginie…

• 5 min read
CFD , WomenAtCadence , Fidelity CFD , CFD Applications , women in engineering , simulation software , NUMECA , Women in CFD , Mesh Generation , NUMFLO

RF Engineering

μWaveRiders: Setting Up a Successful AWR Design Environment Design - UI and Simu…

When starting a new design, it's important to take the time to consider design recommendations…

• 5 min read
Circuit simulation , multi-processor , AWR Design Environment , test bench , EM simulation , UI , RF design , X-model , microwave office , Visual System Simulator (VSS) , EM-based model

System, PCB, & Package Design 

BoardSurfers: Managing Silkscreen Data Using Allegro 3D Canvas

The silkscreen layer plays a crucial role in the assembly, repair, and testing of…

• 3 min read
17.4 , BoardSurfers , 3D Canvas , 17.4-2019 , Allegro PCB Editor , silkscreen , Allegro

Breakfast Bytes

CadenceLIVE: Characterizing Libraries with Liberate and CloudBurst

At the recent CadenceLIVE Silicon Valley, Scott Chang, the CEO of M31 Technologies…

• 5 min read
liberate trio , library characterization , cloudburst , Liberate , cadencecloud

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso ICADVM20.1 ISR27 and IC6.1.8 ISR27 Now Available

The ICADVM20.1 ISR27 and IC6.1.8 ISR27 production releases are now available for…

• 2 min read
Analog Design Environment , Cadence blogs , ICADVM18.1 , ADE Explorer , cadence , Virtuoso RF Solution , IC Release Announcement blog , Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XL , Layout EXL , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , ICADVM20.1 , IC Release Blog , Custom IC Design , Custom IC , IC6.1.8 , ADE Assembler , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Sigrity and Systems Analysis 2022.1 HF2 Release Now Available

The Sigrity and Systems Analysis (SIGRITY/SYSANLS) 2022.1 HF2 release is now available…

• 8 min read
Sigrity and Systems Analysis , Celsius Thermal Solver , Sigrity XcitePI , Sigrity PowerSI , Sigrity Broadband SPICE , Sigrity XtractIM , Sigrity PowerDC , EM , Clarity 3D Solver , T2B , Clarity 3D Workbench , JAE

Breakfast Bytes

What Does Cadence Do?

I was recently on a Zoom call about search engine optimization where we discussed…

• 5 min read
EDA , semiconductor IP

Digital Design

What's Behind the 5% Die-Area Shrink and 12% Power Saving by MediaTek?

Leveraging Cadence Cerberus AI-Enabled Chip Optimization Solution MediaTek Achieves…

• 3 min read
Intelligent chip explorer , featured , Cadence Cerebrus , Digital Implementation , AI

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Current Open Positions on the Fidelity CFD Team

Questions I get asked a lot include "Are you nuts?" and "What exactly do you do all…

• 2 min read
CFD , jobs , Computational Fluid Dynamics , product management

Cloud

Four Reasons “Cloud-First” Engineering Makes Companies More Competitive

We’re finally at the point where companies can adopt a “cloud-first” approach for…

• 2 min read
cloud , oncloud

Breakfast Bytes

CadenceLIVE: Using Helium at NVIDIA

We announced Helium in September last year, and I wrote about the product in my post…

• 2 min read
cadencelive 2022 , NVIDIA , cadencelive , helium

Computational Fluid Dynamics

High-Order Meshing on 5 Different Geometries Using Fidelity Pointwise

For the given 5 geometry configurations, with Fidelity Pointwise high-order meshing…

• 3 min read
CFD , Meshing Monday , Pointwise , High order Meshing , Cadence Fidelity , engineering , simulation software , Mesh Generation

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Clarity Encrypted Connectors!

Cadence Clarity 3D Solver supports encrypted component models! Using this functionality…

• 1 min read
featured , encryption , in-design analysis , connectors , Electromagnetic analysis

Breakfast Bytes

Sunday Brunch Video for 21st August 2022

https://youtu.be/YWpcaIEkw7M Made at Lake Tahoe (camera Carey) Monday: 75 Years…

• less than a min read
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System, PCB, & Package Design 

BoardSurfers: Training Insights: User Interface Enhancements for Allegro Layout …

If you have seen any images or demonstrations of the 17.4-2019 release, the GUI may…

• 1 min read
digital badge , 17.4 , BoardSurfers , 17.4-2019 , Training Insights , Allegro PCB Editor , online training , Allegro

Spotlight Taiwan

2022 CadenceLIVE Taiwan 9月1日實體回歸 隆重登場

半導體產業是電子資訊產業的火車頭，與全球經濟高度連動，面臨全球景氣可能趨緩，半導體產業也將面臨成長的挑戰。EDA為研判半導體景氣的風向球，如何逆風引領全球經濟重啟…

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system analysis , cadencelive taiwan , taiwanese blog
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