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Cadence Welcomes Ausdia and TimeVision Timing Constraints Management Solution

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

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• 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

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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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Welcoming EMA Design Automation and FlowCAD to Cadence

We're excited to share that the EMA Design Automation and FlowCAD teams have joined…

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• 2 min read
featured , Ultra Librarian , EMA , System Design and Analysis
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DesignCon: Design for Security

At DesignCon, one of the keynotes was by Warren Savage titled Design for Security…

• 6 min read

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Video Diary: Knowledge Booster Training Bytes – Part 1

This blog will take you on a short tour to the Cadence Education Services site, which…

• 4 min read
training bytes , Virtuoso , Virtuoso Video Diary , Virtuoso Layout

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Getting on to the Internet in 1993

I recently listened to an a16z podcast about crypto. It was an interview by Katie…

• 7 min read
Internet , a16z , history

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What If It's Not 5G, But Satellites?

What if the answer to next-generation communication is not 5G but space? Elon Musk…

• 5 min read
5G , Automotive , mobile , space

System, PCB, & Package Design 

IC Packagers: An Introduction to Via Arrays

Vias are present in every design (except maybe some lead frames and the very rare…

• 5 min read
Allegro Package Designer

System, PCB, & Package Design 

BoardSurfers: Training Insights - Improving SI/PI Simulation of DDR Interfaces at…

In the days of yore when life was simple, there was a world full of DRAMs (Dynamic…

• 2 min read
Allegro Package Designer , Sigrity , Allegro PCB Editor

The India Circuit

Playing for Good

Last Saturday, Cadence and Concern India Foundation hosted a very special event …

• 1 min read
5Cs , NXP Semiconductor , amadeus , Qualcomm

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DVCon 2020 Preview

Coming up to the big conferences like DAC, I like to do one or more preview posts…

• 7 min read
DVcon , Accellera , pss

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Sunday Brunch Video for 16th February 2020

https://youtu.be/uc_vrZsq-2I Made in Cadence parking lot (camera Steve Brown) Monday…

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sunday brunch

System, PCB, & Package Design 

BoardSurfers: PCB Electronics—Why Use Via Arrays?

We all know the ubiquitous via. What is it after all but a way to make electrical…

• 3 min read
Allegro Package Designer , Allegro PCB Editor

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Quines on Valentine's

Monday is President's Day and Cadence is off so, as has become traditional, I write…

• 5 min read
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Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: Updated Virtuoso ADE Explorer and ADE Assembler RAKs in IC6.1.8/ICADVM18…

To show the latest features in IC6.1.8/ICADVM18.1 ISR9, we've updated the Rapid Adoption…

• 3 min read
ICADVM18.1 , ADE Explorer , Rapid Adoption Kit , RAK , stimuli , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuosity , Custom IC Design , ADE Assembler , Stimuli Assignment form

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Under the Hood of Clarity and Celsius Solvers

Yesterday, in my post System Analysis: Computational Software at Scale, I talked…

• 4 min read
celsius , computational software , clarity

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System Analysis: Computational Software at Scale

In about 2000, when I was the VP of Strategic Marketing for Cadence, I got a strange…

• 8 min read
celsius , Matrix , intelligent system design , clarity

Academic Network

Third Annual RESCUE Winter Workshop

Cadence hosted the third annual RESCUE Winter Workshop from 14th to 22nd of November…

• 1 min read
Cadence Academic Network , rescue

System, PCB, & Package Design 

IC Packagers: RF Symbols, Coils, and Structures in IC Packages

So, you need to add more complicated structures into your package design. What options…

• 4 min read
Allegro Package Designer

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Benedict Evans 2020: Regulating the Giants

This is the second post about Benedict Evans' annual big presentation about the internet…

• 5 min read
benedict evans , mobile , regulation

Verification

Verification of the Lane Adapter FSM of a USB4 Router Design Is Not Simple

Verifying lane adapter state machine in a router design is quite an involved task…

• 1 min read
Verification IP , DP , VIP , DisplayPort , PCIExpress , USB , Lane Adapter , usb4 , PCIe , usb4 router , tunneling

Digital Design

Library Characterization Tidbits: Liberate MX for Memory Characterization Video …

As we embark upon our blogging journey again in 2020, in this Library Characterization…

• 3 min read
Liberate MX validation flow , memory characterization , liberate_mx custom flow , standard custom flow , full custom flow , liberate_mx standard custom flow , compiler characterization , liberate_mx full custom flow , liberate_mx , Liberate MX , Characterization Portfolio
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