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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

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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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Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: What's New in Run Plan - Part IV

Click here to view our latest blog in the What's New in Run Plan blog series that…

• 4 min read
Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Virtuosity , Run Plan , Custom IC Design , Custom IC , IC6.1.8 , Assembler , ADE Assembler

Breakfast Bytes

HOT CHIPS: Scaling out Deep Learning Training

The annual HOT CHIPS conference took place on August 17-18. Of course, it was virtual…

• 10 min read
deep learning , scaling , NVIDIA , parallelism

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Video Diary: The SKILLed Way of Using Plotting Templates

Read through this blog to know more about how to use the maeGetAllPlottingTemplates…

• 3 min read
Cadence blogs , ICADVM18.1 , ADE Explorer , maestro , plotting , Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XL , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , plotting templates , Virtuoso Video Diary , maestro plotting templates , Custom IC Design , SKILL APIs , IC6.1.8 , SKILL , ADE Assembler

System, PCB, & Package Design 

BoardSurfers: Training Insights: How to Run a RAVEL Rule from the GUI

With the current scenario of COVID-19, you cannot do without rules. You have to soak…

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

Breakfast Bytes

Thermal Analysis of Protium X1

There's a phrase in software development "eat your own dogfood". In fact, there's…

• 4 min read
celsius , Protium , FPGA prototyping , thermal

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso IC6.1.8 ISR13 and ICADVM18.1 ISR13 Now Available

The IC6.1.8 ISR13 and ICADVM18.1 ISR13 production releases are now available for…

• 3 min read
Cadence blogs , ICADVM18.1 , ADE Explorer , EM Solver , Virtuoso Layout EXL , Virtuoso RF Solution , IC Release Announcement blog , Virtuoso , IC Release Blog , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite , Custom IC , ADE Verifier , IC6.1.8 , ADE Assembler , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

System, PCB, & Package Design 

IC Packagers: Designing a Package from the Flip-Chip’s Perspective

Most package substrates are designed as they will be placed onto the host PCB if…

• 6 min read
Allegro X Advanced Package Designer

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Climbing Annapurna to the Clouds

One of the keynotes at last week's CadenceLIVE Americas 2020 was by Nafea Bshara…

• 4 min read
nitro , EDA , cloud , annapurna , aws , cadence cloud , gravitron

カスタムIC／ミックスシグナル

Virtuosity: 古いADEのstateやviewをADE ExplorerまたはADE Assemblerで開く

Virtuoso ® ADE L stateやVirtuoso ® ADE XL viewを開くとき、デフォルトのアプリケーションが、以前の古いADE LまたはXLにセットされていることが面倒だと感じた事はありませんか…

• less than a min read
Explorer , ADE Migration , ADE , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuosity , IC6.1.7 , japanese blog , Custom IC Design , Assembler

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Alberto's Keynote: Cadence and Academia

On the last day of CadenceLIVE 2020, there was a keynote by Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli…

• 4 min read
Berkeley , Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

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Virtuoso Meets Maxwell: Bumps, Bumps……如何找到Bumps？

Bumps对Virtuoso MultiTech Framework解决方案来说至关重要, 它提供了堆叠芯片，中介层，封装和电路板两两间的连接。 Bump的位置…

• less than a min read
Chinese blog , ICADVM18.1 , Edit-in-Concert , Co-Design , Virtuoso Meets Maxwell , Virtuoso RF , Layout EXL , stacked devices , stacked solution , bumps

Breakfast Bytes

Sunday Brunch Video for 16th August 2020

https://youtu.be/7W55PNo-SoI Made in "CadenceLIVE Lounge" (camera me) Monday: 120th…

• less than a min read
sunday brunch

Analog/Custom Design

Start Your Engines: Pointers to Speed Up a Slow Mixed-Signal Simulation

There may be times when the mixed-signal verification engineers observe a slow analog…

• 2 min read
mixed signal design , mixed-signal methodology , AMS Designer , analog behavioral models , mixed signal , wreal , real number models , SPICE , AMS Verification , vams , mixed-signal verification

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CadenceLIVE 2020: As It Happened

CadenceLIVE 2020 Americas took place virtually earlier this week, spread across Tuesday…

• 4 min read
Facebook , Lip-Bu Tan , annapurna , aws , datacenter

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: In the Line of Veri-Fire - Episode 4

Want to know what's new in this episode of Veri-Fire? Check it out!

• 6 min read
verifier , Analog Design Environment , Cadence blogs , ICADVM18.1 , custom/analog , Analog Coverage , Rapid Adoption Kit , Analog Simulation , analog , ADE , analog verification , Mixed-Signal , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Virtuosity , cadenceblogs , FAQ , implementations , Custom IC Design , requirements , Custom IC , ADE Verifier , IC6.1.8 , Assembler , Verifier new feature , custom design technology , ADE Assembler , verification

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Computational Logistics

General Omar Bradley famously said: “Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics…

• 3 min read
computational logistics , computational software , verification

Academic Network

Custom IC, Analog, and RF Design Training Deep Dive: Part 3

Welcome to part 3 of the Custom IC, Analog, and RF Design Online Training deep dive…

• 4 min read
Europractice , Cadence Academic Network , CMC Microsystems , Virtuoso , online training , SKILL , university program

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Xcelium ML: Black-Belt Verification Engineer in a Tool

What if I told you I knew someone who could improve your regression efficiency: make…

• 4 min read
deep learning , xcelium ml , machine learning , DVcon , xcelium , simulation

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Meets Maxwell: Magic! – Dynamic Voiding in Virtuoso RF Solution

While SiP Layout Option is – and continues to be – one of the most complete solutions…

• 7 min read
ICADVM18.1 , Virtuoso Layout EXL , Virtuoso Meets Maxwell , Virtuoso RF Solution , Virtuoso RF , Dynamic Shapes , Dynamic Voiding , Custom IC Design
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