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CadenceLIVE India 2025 Recap – Where Inspiration Meets Innovation

On August 13, 2025, CadenceLIVE India 2025 set the stage for a remarkable convergence…

Reela Samuel
• 2 min read
featured , cadence , AI-Driven Design , cadencelive , AI

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR1 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR1 production release is now available for download.

Virtuoso Release Team
• 1 min read
IC25.1 , featured , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release Blog Announcement

Corporate News

MSU Leveraging Intel 16 and the Cadence Tool Flow for Academic Chip Tapeout

Morgan State University (MSU) recently received an Apple Innovation Grant, designed…

Corporate
• 4 min read
news story , featured , Cadence Academic Network

Digital Design

Himax Accelerates Chip Design with Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer

Himax Technologies Inc ., a leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display…

Vinod Khera
• 2 min read
featured , Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer , Digital Implementation , AI/ML
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Ericsson Cellular Network at TÜV Rheinland Test Center

At the end of March, I went to the TÜV Rheinland Test Center. TÜV stands for Technischer…

• 4 min read
Automotive , Ericsson , tüv , mobile

Breakfast Bytes

Identity Is the New Perimeter

On March 10th, Black Hat organized a webinar called Identity is the New Perimeter…

• 9 min read
security , black hat , orange

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Video Diary: Knowledge Booster Training Bytes – Part 13: Analog Fault S…

While the analog and mixed-signal components are the leading source of test escapes…

• 4 min read
Automotive , legato , ICADVM20 , functional safety , analog fault simulation , analog , training bytes , Virtuoso , Analog IC Design videos , Spectre , 1 , Virtuoso Video Diary , aging , Custom IC Design , IC6.1.8 , reliability , Legato Reliability , ADE Assembler

PCB設計／ICパッケージ設計

2022年3月リリース、Cadence OrCAD / Allegro17.4-2019 HotFix SPB17.40.028の新機能ハイライト

OrCAD® および Allegro®のHotFix 028 (QIR 4, アプリケーションのスプラッシュ画面で は “2022” と表示されます) の更新プログラムが…

• less than a min read
17.4 , PCB Editor , 17.4-2019 , OrCAD , Allegro System Capture , japanese blog , Allegro PCB Editor , Pulse , Allegro

Breakfast Bytes

Sam Zeloof: Who Needs a Cleanroom When You Have a Garage?

At the end of last year, I was mindlessly looking at YouTube when their "algorithm…

• 3 min read
sam zeloof , garage

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Replicating da Vinci’s Aerial Vehicle Design

The increasing value of the drone industry is pushing the limits of evaluating and…

• 3 min read
vehicle design , Unmanned Aerial Vehicles , UAV , da Vinci , CFD Applications , engineering , extreme maneuvers , drones , simulation , Aerodynamics

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Rank-N Nonlinear Harmonic Method Unlocks More Precise And Reliable Turbomachinery…

The NLH Rank-n feature unlocks the possibility of simulating unsteady phenomena across…

• 1 min read
CFD , turbomachinery , webinars , Computational Fluid Dynamics , fluid dynamics , nonlinear harmonic , CFD Applications , simulation software , rank-n , nlh , Turbo , simulation

Breakfast Bytes

Jack Dongarra Receives Turing Award

Last week, the ACM announced that Jack Dongarra was being honored with the 2021 Turing…

• 4 min read
turing award , supercomputer

SoC and IP

TWS Earbud Design: Scaling up

We now look to scale the architecture from Good-enough earbuds, to Better (mid-tier…

• 9 min read
Tensilica DSPs , Tensilica

SoC and IP

TWS Earbud Design Is About Scaling

It is important that OEMs and SoC providers of TWS earbuds prepare to offer the quality…

• 5 min read
featured , Tensilica

Verification

LPDDR5 Verification from PHY to System Level

LPDDR5 DRAM aims to serve a wide array of markets and plays a vital role in the system…

• 6 min read

Breakfast Bytes

Intelligent System Analog Design

There are many perceptions about analog design that might have been true once. For…

• 6 min read
analog , Virtuoso , mixed signal , Virtuoso Layout Suite EXL

PCB設計／ICパッケージ設計

BoardSurfers: Allegro PCB Editorでの寸法データ入力に関する概要

プリント基板がより複雑かつ軽量になっていく中、費用対効果が高く信頼性の高い基板の設計・製造は、これまで以上に重要となっています。デザインの詳細情報が不正確／不完全では…

• less than a min read
17.4 , BoardSurfers , manufacturing , japanese blog , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Combining Structured and Unstructured Meshes: The Holy Grail for CFD Engineers

Flow solvers must be able to read the type of meshes behind them, and as most flow…

• 4 min read
CFD , Automated meshing , mesh , structured grids , Computational Fluid Dynamics , fluid dynamics , structured meshing , CFD Applications , unstructured meshing , simulation software , Meshing , simulation , unstructured grids

Breakfast Bytes

The All-Purpose EDA Keynote

Today, it is April 1st and so it is tempting to do some spoof post, but most of those…

• 5 min read
edagraffiti , Blogging , parody , keynote

Life at Cadence

Celebrating Women's History Month with Girl Geek X!

To celebrate Women’s History Month in March, Cadence partnered with Girl Geek X for…

• 1 min read
inclusion , Women at Cadence , women , Women's History Month , girl geek , diversity , Women in Technology

Breakfast Bytes

DVCon: There Be Dragons!

At the recent DVCon, there was a panel session titled SoC Verification Hidden Dragons…

• 12 min read
formal , Emulation , DVcon , simulation , verification

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Cadence OrCAD and Allegro 17.4-2019 HotFix SPB17.40.028 is Now Available

The HotFix 028 (QIR4, indicated as 2022 in the application splash screens) update…

• 6 min read
Cadence Design Systems , 17.4 , PSpiceA/D , PSPICE , PCB Editor , 17.4-2019 , OrCAD , PCB design , Allegro System Capture , Pulse , Allegro

Analog/Custom Design

Spectre Tech Tips: Using DSPF Post-Layout Netlists in Spectre Circuit Simulator

DSPF files are an integral part of post-layout simulations. This blog introduces…

• 5 min read
spectre aps , post-layout simulation , EMIR Analysis , EMIR Simulation , DSPF , netlist , Spectre , Spectre X Simulator , EMIR
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