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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…

Corporate
• 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

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

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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• 2 min read
featured , Ultra Librarian , EMA , System Design and Analysis
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Verification

Multi-Language Verification Environment (#4)—Multi-Language Hierarchy

In the previous posts in this series on Multi-Language Verification Environment,…

• 2 min read
uvm , Functional Verification , e , universal verification methodology , e language , multi-language , verification

Digital Design

Five-Minute Tutorial: The Innovus Standard Flow

Hi Everyone, Last week I highlighted a video featuring Innovus User Interface…

• less than a min read
design flow , Digital Implementation , Innovus , five minute tutorial

Verification

Multi-Language Verification Environment (#3) – Connecting UVM Scoreboard to a Multi…

In the previous blog post , we demonstrated connecting a checker implemented in SystemVerilog…

• 3 min read
SystemVerilog , uvm , multi-language verification , UVM Scoreboard , verification

Verification

DAC 2015 – Join Us to Experience the Continuum of Verification and System Development…

The biggest yearly event in electronic design automation (EDA) is due to take over…

• 8 min read
cadence , EDA , Moscone Center , DAC 2015 , verification , system development

Verification

It’s Time to Modernize Debug Data and It’s Happening at DAC

“The leading edge is 1 million gates.” That was the news when we approved IEEE Verilog…

• 2 min read
Verdi , debug , simvision , VCs , Indago , Debussy , Questa , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays—What's a Configurable Processor?

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Chris Rowen discusses the basics of Tensilica…

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Whiteboard Wednesdays , IP , Chris Rowen , Tensilica , configurable processor

Digital Design

Five-Minute Tutorial: Innovus User Interface Tips

Hi Everyone, No doubt by now you have heard about the Innovus Implementation System…

• less than a min read
UI , Digital Implementation , Innovus , five minute tutorial

Verification

How Ethernet Standards Are Born

I attend IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards meetings and blog about them from time to…

• 5 min read
Verification IP , 802.3bp , Ethernet standards , Automotive Ethernet , Ethernet , 802.3 , Marris

Verification

Multi-Language Verification Environment (#2) – Passing Items on TLM Ports, Using…

In the previous blog post , we created a simple multi-language verification environment…

• 3 min read
IEEE 1647 , uvm , methodology , Functional Verification , e , universal verification methodology , e language , multi-language , verification

Verification

Multi-Language Verification Environment—Getting First Run in Few Minutes

Seems that by now, every one in the industry realizes that multi-language verification…

• 2 min read
uvm , methodology , e , e language , UVC , multi-language

Verification

Specman deep_copy()—Creating Too Many Structs

This blog starts with a description of a debugging session of a mysterious behavior…

• 3 min read
Specman , debug , e , Funcional Verification , ClubT

SoC and IP

Three Steps for USB Application Success – Design, Verify, Certify

With the USB protocol being so popular nowadays (and frankly speaking, was there…

• 2 min read
Design IP , host , cadence , controller , PHY , OTG , USB , Dual Mode , ip cores , Dual Role , device

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - DDR4 Bank Grouping

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Kishore Kasamsetty continues his discussion…

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Whiteboard Wednesdays , DDR4 , memory IP , DDR4 bank grouping

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good or Not So Good About Cadence Documentation? Here’s Your Chance to Let…

Most of our customers use the product documentation, Help, and Cadence Online Support…

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COS , Cadence Design Systems , Cadence Online Support , Cadence Help , Cadence documentation

SoC and IP

IP is BIG at the Design Automation Conference, June 7-11, in San Francisco

Think that DAC is all about EDA tools? Not anymore. This year there are over 100…

• 2 min read
controller IP , Verification IP , DSP , Design IP , IP , Chris Rowen , Rowen , IP blocks , ip cores , Tensilica , DAC 2015 , Design IP and Verification IP

SoC and IP

How to Design to the ‘Always-on’ IoT Imperative

I’ll never forget covering a presentation that then-National Semiconductor CEO Brian…

• 2 min read
IP , Chris Rowen , cadence , IoT , Fusion , Tensilica , Internet of Everything. , Internet of Things

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuosity: 19 Things I Learned in April 2015 by Browsing Cadence Online Support

Application Notes 1. Spectre PSPICE Netlist Support Spectre technology enables…

• 5 min read
AMS , ADE XL , UNL , Monte Carlo , Virtuoso , Liberate , VLS XL , VCP

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays—Type C Connector and USB Controllers

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Jacek Duda explains the implications…

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Whiteboard Wednesdays , controller , USB , Type C connector , On-the-go

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Split Plane Association? 16.6 Has Several New…

In the 16.6 Allegro PCB Editor release, net associations to split planes are now…

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PCB Layout and routing , Cadence Design Systems , Allegro 16.6 , PCB Editor , Layout , PCB design , Grzenia , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro
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