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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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Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays—How 2D Solutions Help Close the Memory Wall Gap

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays episode, Scott Jacobson deep dives into 2D memory…

• less than a min read
performance , Whiteboard Wednesdays , 2D Memory , DDR4 , UFS , eMMC , power

SoC and IP

MIPI Protocols—Making Mobile Happen at MWC

MIPI protocols are expected to ship in over 4 billion mobile devices this year. That…

• less than a min read
controller IP , Verification IP , Design IP , IP , MIPI Alliance , PHY , BIF , Slimbus , VIP , MIPI , CSI , MWC , semiconductor IP , M-PHY

SoC and IP

Android Audio Offload Explained at Mobile World Congress

Want to lower power in your next Android TM device? Look to the industry's first…

• less than a min read

Verification

New Incisive Verification App and Papers at DVCon by Marvell and TI

If you're an avid reader of Cadence press releases (and what self-respecting verification…

• 1 min read
Formal Analysis , formal , Funcional Verification , DVCon 2014 , Formal verification , Assertion-based verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About DEHDL’s Cross Referencing of Hierarchical Nets? 16.6 has Several…

The 16.6 Design Entry HDL (DEHDL) Cross Referencer has some new enhancements to report…

• less than a min read
PCB , Cadence Design Systems , hierarchy , cadence , 16.6 , hierarchical schematics , SPB , Design Entry HDL , design , Design Entry , Grzenia , ConceptHDL , hierarchical block

Verification

Incisive vManager at DVCon - Come See It!

Have you heard the news? There is a new version of vManager announced this week,…

• 1 min read
collaboration , : Functional Verification , Verification methodology , cadence , Functional Verification , vPlan , Verisity , DVcon , metric-driven verification , functional coverage , vManager

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - How the MIPI Alliance Works to Enhance Mobile Devices

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays episode, Moshik Ruben, Product Marketing Director…

• less than a min read
mobile devices , UniPro , D-PHY , MIPI , MIPI protocols , M-PHY

Analog/Custom Design

What's the Worst that Could Happen?: Worst-Case Corners in ADE GXL

In addition to combinations of temperature range and power supply voltages (usually…

• 2 min read
Variability Aware Design , Corners analysis , worst case corners , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , ADE-GXL , Analog Design Environment

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - Implementing Always-On Audio

In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesdays episode, Gerard Andrews, from the Tensilica…

• less than a min read
mobile devices , Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP , sensor fusion , voice trigger , Tensilica , HiFi DSP , always on audio , audio playback

Analog/Custom Design

What Your Circuit Doesn't Know, Can Kill It!

Device variation has been a long-standing problem in custom design. Over the years…

• 1 min read
IP , post-extraction , corner , in-design , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , physical implementation , device variation , IC design

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Improve Design Quality with Adjacent Layer Object Avoidance in the 16.6 Cadence APD…

In this week's discussion, let's take a look at a cornerstone of every good substrate…

• 2 min read
IC Packaging and SiP Design , package , packaging , IC Packaging and SiP , APD , IC Packaging & SiP design , SiP Layout , IC Package Physical layout and co-design

Verification

e Language Editing with Emacs

Specman and e have been around for a while, and some clever people have developed…

• 1 min read
AF , Specman , Incisive Debug Analyzer , e code , xemacs , Funcional Verification , editing , emacs

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - What is VIP?

Today, our continuing Whiteboard Wednesdays video blog series will provide an overview…

• less than a min read
Verification IP , Memory , VIP , EDA , interfaces , SoC design

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro/OrCAD/Sigrity Quarterly Incremental Releases (QiRs)? Check…

You’ve no doubt seen announcements (either via customer emails, on the Cadence website…

• 1 min read
PCB , Allegro 16.6 , 16.6 , Support , SPB , Front-end PCB design , OrCAD , Sigrity , Allegro

Verification

Incisive Verification: Top 10 Things I Learned While Browsing Cadence Online Support…

There is always a demand, in most corners of the world today, for learning and troubleshooting…

• 9 min read
IEEE-1801 , LPS , App Note Incisive Simulation , Cadence Online Support , RAK , UVC , UPF , IES

SoC and IP

My Love-Hate Relationship with Mobile World Congress

My friends are jealous. I get an all-expense-paid trip to Barcelona, Spain to see…

• 1 min read
Design IP , MIPI , Mobile World Congress , MWC , Tensilica

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays—Imaging, Video, and Embedded Vision

Today, our continuing Whiteboard Wednesdays video blog series will shed some light…

• less than a min read
Design IP , Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP , video , embedded vision , Tensilica , imaging , imaging video

Verification

Cadence and AMD Add New UVM Multi-Language Features

The UVM Multi-Language Open Architecture open-source library was recently updated…

• 2 min read
IEEE 1647 , SystemVerilog , uvm , IEEE 1800 , UVM-ML , VCs , Incisive , e , IEEE 1666 , Accellera , SystemC , Questa , IES-XL

SoC and IP

Latest Developments in Ethernet Standards

Cadence is committed to supplying Ethernet silicon and verification IP to help its…

• 3 min read
Ethernet standards , IEEE 802.3 , Ethernet , Marris , 802.3bj
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