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Design for AI and AI for Design

The semiconductor industry is experiencing a once-in-a-generation transformation…

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• 6 min read
Allegro X AI , featured , infrastructure ai , agentic ai , Integrity 3D-IC Platform

Digital Design

Cadence Welcomes Ausdia and TimeVision Timing Constraints Management Solution

We're delighted to welcome Ausdia to Cadence. Effective April 16, 2026, Ausdia's…

Corporate
• 2 min read
digital design , Digital Design and Signoff , featured , Tempus timing solution , Timing analysis

Corporate News

The Rise of the Autonomous Engineer

Agentic AI in engineering has moved from concept to reality at remarkable speed.…

Corporate
• 5 min read
featured , agentic ai , NVIDIA , AI-Driven Design , AI for design

Corporate News

Cadence CEO Outlines the Path to the CMOS 2.0 Era at IMEC ITF World 2026

At this year's ITF World 2026 in Antwerp, Belgium, global technology leaders gathered…

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• 4 min read
CMOS 2.0 , featured , imec , AI for design , XTCO
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Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: Moving Along the Least-Resistive Path in Voltus-Fi

Do you want to know how discovering the path of least resistance for the devices…

• 4 min read
Voltus-Fi , electromigration , EMIR Analysis , power grid , Voltus-Fi-XL , Virtuoso , voltage drop , ICADVM20.1 , LRP , Custom IC Design , Custom IC , IC6.1.8

Life at Cadence

Chiplets and Heterogeneous Packaging Are Changing System Design and Analysis

In the domain of electronic product design, solely relying on process shrink as the…

• 10 min read
chiplets , 3D-IC , heterogeneous integration

Breakfast Bytes

RISC-V: The Next Ten Years

The annual RISC-V Summit (virtual, of course) was in early December. You can read…

• 10 min read
risc-v

Analog/Custom Design

Spectre Tech Tips: Increasing Performance and Capacity Using Spectre X Distributed…

The Spectre X distributed simulation is an extension to the multithreaded simulation…

• 5 min read
multithreaded simulation , ppn , Multi-Core , XDP , spectre x , Spectre X distributed simulation , multithreaded

RF Engineering

μWaveRiders: Cadence AWR EM Simulators Solve Complex RF/Microwave Structures for…

RF designers increasingly rely on electromagnetic (EM) simulations to characterize…

• 3 min read
RF , AWR simulation , AWR Analyst , AWR Design Environment , awr , EM simulation , AWR EM Simulators , Electromagnetic analysis , Electromagnetic (EM) , AWR AXIEM , Analyst 3D FEM EM Simulator , AXIEM 3D Planar Simulator , simulation

Digital Design

Wondering What to Do During the Winter Staycation? How about Learning Something New…

We just recently released a training course that we are excited to tell you about…

• 1 min read
conformal , Genus , Tempus , modus , Voltus , Digital Implementation , Innovus

System, PCB, & Package Design 

BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Running RAVEL Rules from Command Line

In one of the previous posts, we learnt about How to Run a RAVEL Rule from the GUI…

• 3 min read
17.4 , Cadence Online Support , 17.4-2019 , PCB design , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro

Digital Design

SSV 20.2 Base Release Now Available

The SSV 20.2 production release is now available for download at Cadence Downloads…

• 2 min read
Signoff ECO , Tempus PI , Timing analysis , Tempus Timing Signoff Solution

System, PCB, & Package Design 

IC Packagers: Comparing Design Versions to Find Physical Changes

ECOs. Without them, the lives of designers would be so much easier! Imagine a world…

• 6 min read
IC Packaging and SiP Design , 17.4 , Allegro Package Designer , 17.4-2019

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Meets Maxwell: Layered Electromagnetic Modeling For Sufficient Accuracy

Fast growing markets like 5G, automotive, and IoT are driving the development of…

• 6 min read
Virtuoso Layout EXL , Virtuoso Meets Maxwell , Virtuoso System Design Environment , Virtuoso RF Solution , Electromagnetic analysis , EMX , Quantus Extraction Solution , RF design , ICADVM20.1 , Custom IC Design , VMM

Breakfast Bytes

Instruction Decoders: RISC vs CISC

In my post The Start of the Arm Era I said that it feels like something significant…

• 9 min read
Intel , ARM

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Virtuosity: Conserve Power— Virtuoso Power Managerのセットアップ

Conserve Powerは、ローパワー検証の世界を垣間見ることができるブログ・シリーズです。デザインのパワーインテントを指定し管理することができるVirtuoso…

• less than a min read
Virtuoso Schematic Editor , virtuoso power manager , Conformal Low Power , VPM , Supply States , setup , Virtuoso , Virtuosity , ICADVM20.1 , japanese blog , mixed-signal design , Custom IC Design , power domains

Digital Design

Voltus Voice: Worried about Fins Getting Self-Heated – Here’s SHE Analysis to the…

This blog highlights the key capabilities of the Voltus Self-Heat Effect (SHE) analysis…

• 2 min read
Silicon Signoff and Verification , electromigration , Voltus IC Power Integrity Solution , electrical-thermal , Digital Implementation , FinFET , self-heating effects , IR drop , Full-Chip

Life at Cadence

My Life at Cadence: Dimitra Papazoglou

Cadence embraces multiculturality and diversity as an important part of our One Team…

• 1 min read
cadence , WomeninTech , WomenAtCadence , LifeAtCadence

Breakfast Bytes

Avoiding PCB Respins with Better Computational Software

When I first came to the US, I started at VLSI Technology supporting a project called…

• 5 min read
Celsius Thermal Solver , celsius , Clarity 3D Transient Solver , Clarity 3D Solver , clarity

Breakfast Bytes

Sunday Brunch Video for 13th December 2020

https://youtu.be/ZcYIbkrHSv4 Made by my Christmas tree (camera Carey Guo) Monday…

• less than a min read
sunday brunch

Life at Cadence

Highlighting Our Girl Geeks at Cadence!

Last month, Cadence partnered with Girl Geek X for the first time, hosting a virtual…

• 1 min read

System, PCB, & Package Design 

BoardSurfers: Managing Materials Using A Single Material File for PCB, Package, and…

Legacy material editors supported different file formats leading to inconsistencies…

• 5 min read
17.4 , Allegro Package Designer , 17.4-2019 , Allegro PCB Editor , SI analysis and modeling

Breakfast Bytes

HBI, a New Standard to Connect Your Chiplets

It is not very well-known how involved Cadence is in establishing standards. Recently…

• 4 min read
hbi , highbandwidth interconnect , 3DIC , more than Moore , d2d , openhbi
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