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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.…

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• 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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RISC-V State of the Universe

A couple of weeks ago was the RISC-V Global Forum. This was truly global, in that…

• 5 min read
risc-v , isa , patterson , asanovic

Digital Design

Join Us for a Deep-Dive into Block Implementation with Innovus Using the Stylus Common…

If you are looking for a comprehensive training on block implementation with Innovus…

• 2 min read
digital badge , blended training , training bytes , Digital Implementation , Innovus , online training , Floorplanning and Prototyping , Cadence support

System, PCB, & Package Design 

BoardSurfers: Installation Know-How: Which Installation Method is Right for You?

Installing new software seems like a daunting task for most of us. You may feel burdened…

• 4 min read
17.4 , Allegro OrCAD Installer , 17.4-2019 , Download Manager , OrCAD , Allegro

System, PCB, & Package Design 

IC Packagers: Shrinking Dies Inside the Package Layout

There are many reasons a die’s size in the package doesn’t match the design size…

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

Breakfast Bytes

PSpice for TI

Texas Instruments (TI) is the biggest analog semiconductor company in the world.…

• 3 min read
pspice-ti , analog , PSPICE , OrCAD , Texas Instruments , TI

カスタムIC／ミックスシグナル

Start Your Engines: ブログメーターの確認

Cadence® Spectre® AMS Designer は、高いパフォーマンスのミックスシグナル・シミュレーション・システムです。複数エンジンの使用や、さまざまなプラットフォームから実行できる機能により…

• less than a min read
CLIPS , mixed signal design , Functional Verification , AMS Designer , Unified Netlister , AMSD Flex Mode , japanese blog , mixed-signal verification

Breakfast Bytes

What to Do About IP Developed Before ISO 26262?

If you have paid even passing attention to what has been going on in automotive functional…

• 4 min read
asil ready , Automotive , functional safety , ASIL , ISO 26262 , fusa

Breakfast Bytes

Sunday Brunch Video for 13th September 2020

https://youtu.be/aqlmfd3g5G0 Made in "Jaipur, India" Monday: Labor Day Tuesday…

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sunday brunch

Verification

Celsius on Protium - Using Cadence Tools to Improve Cadence Tools?

The Cadence tool flow is the most comprehensive flow around. If there is an EDA need…

• 1 min read
celsius , Functional Verification , Protium

Digital Design

Library Characterization Tidbits: The Perfect Solution for Validating Libraries

A library view contains electrical information that is used throughout design implementation…

• 2 min read
Liberate LV , library characterization , Library Characterization Tidbit , Digital Implementation , Liberate Characterization Portfolio , library validation

Breakfast Bytes

Use Your Imagination to Get Smaller, Faster Chips

At the recent CadenceLIVE Americas, Nick Loebner of Imagination Technologies presented…

• 3 min read
Genus , GPU , Imagination Technologies , Imagination , Innovus , digital full flow , ispatial

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Virtuoso Video Diary: 信頼性解析の改善

IC6.1.8/ICADVM18.1 ISR3のVirtuoso® ADE Assembler および Virtuoso ADE Explorer で、信頼性解析の実行方法を完全に変更する…

• less than a min read
Stress Analysis , Cadence blogs , ICADVM18.1 , ADE Explorer , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso Video Diary , aging , japanese blog , reliability analysis , Custom IC Design , IC6.1.8 , ADE Assembler

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: Examining Post-Layout Capacitance Using Virtuoso ADE Assembler and ADE…

Post-Layout has become a hot topic recently. This has kept me and several other engineers…

• 2 min read
Analog Design Environment , PAD , ICADVM18.1 , ADE Explorer , Spectre , Virtuosity , Custom IC Design , IC6.1.8 , parasitics

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HOT CHIPS: The Space Race for the Biggest ML Machine

At the recent HOT CHIPS, the Sunday morning tutorial was on scale out of deep learning…

• 5 min read
GPU , deep learning , tpu , NVIDIA , cerebras , wafer scale integration , google , training , mlperf

Verification

Mellanox's Tips and Tricks for Maximizing Your Palladium Unit

Looking to learn more about the best practices for emulating today’s billion-gate…

• 1 min read
Functional Verification , mellanox , Palladium , Tips

Breakfast Bytes

OIP Ecosystem Forum 2020

Last Tuesday was the virtual TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum. Apart from being virtual,…

• 3 min read
OIP , Automotive , n5 , oip ecosystem summit , ultra low power , n3 , TSMC , 16FFC , n7 , n6 , n12e , 3dfabric

System, PCB, & Package Design 

BoardSurfers: Find by Name or Find by Query - That is the Question!

You must be using find utility day in and day out, but if you are unfamiliar with…

• 9 min read
Find command , APD , PCB Editor , FIND , Find result , Find by Query

System, PCB, & Package Design 

IC Packagers: Preparing a Completed Package for Mounting on a PCB

We’ve covered all the different types of die components and how they interface with…

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

Breakfast Bytes

Andrew Kahng and Matthew Morrison on Industry and Academia

I attended two presentations on the academic track at the recent CadenceLIVE Americas…

• 6 min read
DAC , ucsd , academia , andrew kahng , physical design , notre dame , matthew morrison , HLS
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