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Cadence Accelerates Digital Twin–Driven Data Center AI Modernization with HPE

Solution will maximize data center and AI factory profitability while delivering…

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• 3 min read
news story , featured , infrastructure ai , data center , hpe

Corporate News

Honda + Cadence = Physical AI (part 1): What Does “Physical AI” Really Mean?

Hello everyone, I'm Atsushi Ogawa, Center Head of HGR. The more widely the term …

Corporate
• 7 min read
featured , physical ai , HGR , AI , Honda

Corporate News

Design for AI and AI for Design

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

Corporate
• 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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Verification

SystemC Debug: A Summary of Summary Probes

SystemC goes well beyond generic C and C++ to provide a number of semantic constructs…

• 5 min read
Verification planning and management , TLM , System Design and Verification , System simulation and analysis , debugging , ESL , verification

Analog/Custom Design

Don't Confuse Primary With Only

Given the small nature of the EDA industry, I have read with some interest company…

• 1 min read
mixed-signal simulators , CDNLive , Primary , analog , Sanyo , Cusstom IC Design

Verification

e Shareware on OVMWorld.org and Cadence Community Sites

As our loyal readers know, we on Team Specman works hard to include code examples…

• 1 min read
IEEE 1647 , Specman , Functional Verification , OVM e , vr_ad , e , team specman , OVMWorld , verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About New Smoke Analysis Devices? Check out the SPB16.2 Release and See

The AMS Simulator Smoke Analysis has been enhanced in the SPB16.2 release to support…

• 2 min read
SPB 16.2 , AMS simulator , Smoke Analysis , PCB design , model editor

Verification

ISX Presentations at CDNLive! Munich

As we head into next weeks CDNLive! event in Munich it's great to see today's post…

• 1 min read
cdnlive! emea 2009 , System Design and Verification , ISX

SoC and IP

Taiwan: From Death by DRAMs to Finding Foundry Success

Vanguard International Semiconductor, Once a DRAM failure, is Now a Successful Junior…

• 7 min read

SoC and IP

Taiwan DRAM Makers...Trapped by Their Culture?

Can Taiwanese DRAM Makers Decide What to do Next...in Time? We recently saw…

• 3 min read

Analog/Custom Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Introduction

A while ago, I somehow ended up on the mailing list of a rather odd catalog called…

• 3 min read
Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

Verification

IEEE P1647-2010 Call For Participation

Attention Specmaniacs: the IEEE 1647 working group is looking for a few additional…

• 2 min read
IEEE 1647 , Specman , Functional Verification' signal integrity , OVM e , e , OVM-e , eRM , AOP

Verification

CDNLive Munich Guide for Specmaniacs

Good news for Specmaniacs based in the EU: next week from May 18-20 is the annual…

• 3 min read
Specman , CDNLive , Functional Verification , Cadence VIP portfolio , OVM , OVM e , e , Mike Stellfox , techtorial

SoC and IP

Cross Currents in Memory Market Signal Changes Ahead

No one can say with any certainty, but... Recent improvements in DRAM and NAND…

• 6 min read

Verification

Modeling Interfaces with C-to-Silicon Compiler

Users of ESL tools are curious about the procedure for handling the interface to…

• 2 min read
CTOS , System Design and Verification , TLM 2.0 , SystemC analysis , C-to-Silicon , transaction level modeling , high level synthesis , Modeling , HLS , dma

Verification

Tracing TLM 2.0 Activity in an ESL Design – Part 3

Last time I discussed how to use –sctlmrecord to produce an SST2 database of TLM…

• 7 min read
TLM , simvision , System Design & Verification , ESL

Verification

e Coding Made Easy with the “DVT” Integrated Development Environment

Specmaniacs everywhere should be aware of a great, full-featured integrated development…

• 6 min read
IEEE 1647 , SystemVerilog , eclipse , Specman , CDNLive , Functional Verification , OVM , OVM e , OVM SV , e , specman elite , AMIQ , eRM

Verification

It's Not Too Early to Think About DAC 2009

Even though it's still a couple of months off, it's not too early to think about…

• 1 min read
DAC 2009 , System Design and Verification , hardware-dependent software

Verification

OSCI Launches Video Tutorials for TLM 2.0

Cadence is one of the sponsors of a series of Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI) TLM…

• less than a min read
Intel , System Design and Verification , OSCI , TLM 2.0 , SystemC , interoperability , Modeling

Analog/Custom Design

Jurassic Park IV: The Return of ANALOG

In the lab, no one can hear you scream! When I was getting my BSEE in the…

• 2 min read
analog , Incisive , encounter , Virtuoso , RF design , Custom IC Design

Digital Design

EDA Industry Stays Ahead of Technology Curve

The EDA Industry is the unsung hero behind for modern era electronic revolution since…

• 2 min read
DAC , EDI , Multi-Core , Virtuoso , Parallel rocessing , Digital Implementation , DFM

Digital Design

Interview with SiRF's Nigel Foley on Low-Power Design

Over the last three years, customers have been able to leverage the Cadence Low-Power…

• 4 min read
digital Implementationg , Low Power , encounter 8.1 , Low-Power , encounter , Logic Design , Digital Implementation , Encounter Digital Implementation , Encounter Digital Implementation System 8.1
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