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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

Corporate News

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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featured , Ultra Librarian , EMA , System Design and Analysis
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Verification

Renesas Sees Success With the Full System Solution

If you’re looking for an example of how well the Cadence flow fits together, look…

• 2 min read
iwb , Perspec , Palladium , Renesas , system performance analyzer , system testbench generator

System, PCB, & Package Design 

BoardSurfers: Translating Allegro Database to Readable Format Using 'Extracta'

In the process of developing a PCB design, a multitude of experts are involved in…

• 5 min read
APD+ , 17.4 , extracta , Allegro PCB Editor

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Video Diary: Walkthrough of Top 5 Latest Features of Voltus-Fi-XL

Are you curious to know about the recent developments in Voltus-Fi Custom Power Integrity…

• 4 min read
ICADVM18.1 , Voltus-Fi-XL , PGV , Annotation Browser , ICADVM20.1 , IC6.1.8 , EMIR

Life at Cadence

Échale Ganas (Give It Your All): A Reflection on Hispanic Heritage Month

For Hispanic Americans and Latino Americans, the American dream is more than just…

• 3 min read
Insights on Culture , inclusion , Latina , latinx , HispanicHeritageMonth , Hispanic , Latino

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Pegasus Certified Down to 3nm at TSMC

EDA tools have a primary challenge: to be good at whatever it is they do. They have…

• 4 min read
Physical verification , n5 , certified , pegasus , DRC , TSMC , 16FFC , n7

The India Circuit

Mousumi Ghorai: A Story of Courage and Confidence

Following on from my last blog about the Cadence Scholarship Program, here is the…

• 3 min read
CadenceCares , CadenceScholarshipProgram , cadence , WomenEmpowerment , GirlPower

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Electromagnetic Compliance: Anechoic Chamber Not Required

Yesterday, I reported on Paul Cunningham's announcement of a new product, System…

• 4 min read
Clarity 3D Transient Solver , electronmagnetic susceptibility , electromagnetic compliance , cloudburst , cadence cloud , clarity

Life at Cadence

10 Things that Make a Terrific Manager

It is often said that employees join companies but leave managers. If you think back…

• 5 min read
leadership

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Meets Maxwell: Quick Start for Virtuoso RF Solution

The shift to heterogeneous integration of module designs implies a transition from…

• 4 min read
Rapid Adoption Kit , Virtuoso Meets Maxwell , Virtuoso System Design Environment , Virtuoso RF Solution , Virtuoso RF , Layout EXL , Virtuoso MultiTech , ICADVM20.1 , Cadence SiP Layout , Custom IC Design , RAKs , Allegro , VMM

System, PCB, & Package Design 

IC Packagers: Accurate Masking of Your Substrate Layers

Soldermask and its brethren are stable in the EDA design industry. These layers control…

• 5 min read
IC Packaging & SiP design , Allegro Package Designer , 17.4-2019

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System VIP: Logistics for Cache-Coherent Multiprocessor Systems

Today, at CadenceLIVE Europe, Paul Cunningham, the GM of the verification business…

• 5 min read
system vip , risc-v , system d&v , x86 , Protium , VIP , Palladium , xcelium , ARM

定制IC芯片设计

Virtuoso Meets Maxwell: 裸片版图导出（Die Export）功能改头换面

大家好! 今天，我想给大家介绍Virtuoso RF解决方案中裸片版图导出（Die Export）的最新改进功能，其中大多数功能都已在ICADVM18.1 ISR10中发布…

• 4 min read
Chinese blog , ICADVM18.1 , Virtuoso Meets Maxwell , Advanced Node , Virtuoso RF Solution , Virtuoso RF , Layout EXL , Wirebond , virtuoso system design platform , shape-based die , RF design , SKILL

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: Verification in Virtuoso ADE Verifier - The Reliability Way!

Starting from the IC6.1.8/ICADVM18.1 ISR12 releases, Virtuoso ADE Verifier supports…

• 7 min read
verifier , Cadence blogs , ICADVM18.1 , custom/analog , Analog Simulation , verification plan , analog , ADE , Mixed-Signal , reliability options , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Monte Carlo , Virtuoso , Analog Design Environment , Virtuosity , implementations , mixed signal , Verifier Run Plan , reliability analysis , Custom IC Design , requirements , Custom IC , ADE Verifier , IC6.1.8 , reliability , Assembler , Verifier new feature , ADE Assembler , verification

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Arm and NVIDIA: Simon Segars and Jensen Huang

What used to be face-to-face Arm TechCon has turned into a virtual conference under…

• 8 min read
Simon Segars , NVIDIA , ARM , jensen huang

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Sunday Brunch Video for 11th October 2020

https://youtu.be/0oRah8lCf4M Made in front of my TV Monday: Jasper User Group 2020…

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PCB、IC封装：设计与仿真分析

全方位了解DDR 布线

本文要点： DDR 内存布线的重要性及布线时的关键注意事项。 从扇出布线 (escape routing) 和端接，到布线和高密度互连 (HDI) 设计的布线技巧…

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Chinese blog , ddr5 , 布线 , PCB设计 , 中文 , 高密度互连 , DDR , 扇出布线 , 内存设计

Analog/Custom Design

Start Your Engines: Speed Up Your Analog Mixed-Signal Verification with Spectre X…

In this post, I will explain how you could speed up your mixed-signal verification…

• 5 min read
spectrex , AMS Designer , universal verification methodology , analog/mixed-signal , axum , mixed-signal design , AMSD Flexible , mixed-signal verification , AMS Flex

Digital Design

Library Characterization Tidbits: Characterize Minimum Period for Memory Instance…

In this blog, I will talk about the minimum period arc, which is a critical arc associated…

• 3 min read
memory characterization , self-timed memory , clocking scheme , minimum period arc , library characterization , Liberate MX , Library Characterization Tidbit , Digital Implementation , externally timed memory

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Optimized Digital Design, Implementation, and Signoff on TSMC N3

At the recent TSMC OIP forum, Yufeng Luo presented Optimized Digital Design, Implementation…

• 4 min read
Genus , n3 , TSMC , Innovus , digital full flow
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