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What's Good About APD’s Die Abstract Compare? You’ll Need the 16.5 Release to See

In the distributed co-design environment in the SPB16.5 Allegro Package Designer…

Jerry GenPart 18 Oct 2011 • 4 min read

PCB , SiP , IC Packaging , packaging , SiP Design , APD , Allegro 16.5 , IC/package co-design , PCB Editor , Allegro Package Designer , Layout , design , PCB design , die abstract compare , SPB16.5 , die abstract , Allegro

Analog/Custom Design

SKILL for the Skilled: Introduction to Classes -- Part 3

In the previous posting Introduction to Classes -- Part 2 we saw the high level…

Team SKILL 17 Oct 2011 • 8 min read

Team SKILL , programming , Sudoku , classes , IC 6.1.5 , object orientation , Virtuoso , Lisp , Custom IC Design , SKILL++ , SKILL

Verification

Too Many Missing Real-World Assertions?

Well, here I am embarking on my fifth post in which I point out illogical situations…

tomacadence 14 Oct 2011 • 4 min read

ABV , Functional Verification , formal , assertions , Assertion-based verification

System, PCB, & Package Design

Team Allegro to Preview PCB 3D Full-Wave Technology at EPEPS 2011

At the Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems conference ( EPEPS…

TeamAllegro 14 Oct 2011 • 1 min read

PCB , UIUC , EMS2D , EPEPS , interconnects , PCB PI , packaging , 3D extraction , PCB Signal and power integrity , Signal Integrity , full-wave , Allegro PCB SI , PCB design , EM , EMS3D , DDR3 , Allegro

Verification

Formal Verification with Asynchronous Clocks

Many designs have multiple independent clock inputs with different frequency specifications…

TeamVerify 13 Oct 2011 • 2 min read

ABV , asssertion-based verification , Joerg Mueller , Verification methodology , Functional Verification , Formal Analysis , formal , SVA , PSL , assertions , IEV , Formal verification , IFV , verification

System, PCB, & Package Design

What's Good About Allegro GRE Disabling Bundle Compression? It’s in the 16.5 Release

With the SPB16.5 release of Allegro Global Route Environment (GRE) , you can now…

Jerry GenPart 11 Oct 2011 • 1 min read

PCB , PCB Layout and routing , bundle compression , global route , Routing , Allegro 16.5 , PCB Editor , Layout , design , PCB design , SPB16.5 , Allegro PCB Editor , GRE , disabiling bundle compression , Allegro

Verification

Automating UVM to Tackle Insidious HW/SW Bugs

You've just sat through a 2-hour program review. The 30 minutes you spent describing…

Adam Sherer 10 Oct 2011 • 1 min read

SystemVerilog , uvm , bugs , Duolog , universal verification methodology , Accellera VIP TSC , David Murray , IES

RF Engineering

Guidelines for Maximizing Speed vs Accuracy for Harmonic Balance - Part 1

Greetings, I am often asked for guidelines on maximizing speed vs. accuracy for SpectreRF…

Tawna 7 Oct 2011 • 2 min read

RF , RF Simulation , analog/RF , APS , HB , Spectre RF , Analog Simulation , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , ADE , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , spectreRF , RF design , harmonic balance

System, PCB, & Package Design

What's Good About Allegro PCB Router HDI Via Tangency? Check Out 16.5!

High Density Interconnect (HDI) techniques are increasing in the PCB domain. HDI…

Jerry GenPart 5 Oct 2011 • 1 min read

PCB , blind vias , global route , Routing , layer stacks , High Speed , via tangency , Allegro 16.5 , PCB Editor , High-Density Interconnect , Layout , via , design , miniaturization , PCB design , SPB16.5 , Allegro PCB Editor , buried vias , HDI , microvia , Allegro

Verification

Free Webinar Thursday 10/13 -- Automating Assertion Generation for Simulation, Formal…

Everyone can agree that Assertion-Based Verification (ABV) is a powerful methodology…

TeamVerify 5 Oct 2011 • 1 min read

NextOp , Joe Hupcey III , ABV , methodology , interview , Formal Analysis , BugScope , Incisive , webinar , DVcon , assertion synthesis , assertions , IEV , Yuan Lu , Formal verification , IFV , Assertion-based verification , IES-XL

Verification

17M Gates in 8 Months with 2 Designers -- What is Your ROI for Higher-Abstraction…

In their presentation at the recent SystemC Japan conference, Renesas Micro Systems…

Jack Erickson 4 Oct 2011 • 3 min read

time-to-market , High-Level Synthesis , verification turnaround , TLM , C-to-Silcon , ROI , System-Level Design , SystemC , C-to-Silicon Compiler , productivity

Digital Design

Encounter Quick Tip: Dimming the Display with F12

I remember when I first started working with the Cooper & Chyan Technology (CCT)…

BobD 30 Sep 2011 • 1 min read

dimming display , Encounterer Digital Implementation System , highlight , display , encounter , highlighted objects , darken display , quick tip , F12

Analog/Custom Design

Managing ECOs in Mixed Signal Designs

Imagine you are days away from completing the implementation of a fairly complex…

Benatcdn 29 Sep 2011 • 3 min read

ECO , Farhat , mixed signal design , CPF , Open Access , Floorplanning , ECOs , mixed-signal ECOs , Mixed-Signal , encounter , Virtuoso , oa , Mixed signal physical implementation

Verification

Amazon’s New Kindles: More Steps Toward the Paperback Computer

While I understand that a new Kindle Fire at $199 MRSP is significantly more than…

jvh3 28 Sep 2011 • 4 min read

Verification IP , RPP , SaaS , Joe Hupcey III , paperback computer , Cadence VIP portfolio , Kindle , system realization , VIP , EDA360 , EDA , VSP , Palladium XP , tablet , Hosted Design Solutions , Jim Hogan , Rapid Prototyping Platform , Amazon , Steve Leibson , cloud computing

Digital Design

Encounter Quick Tip: Finding Available Cell Masters with dbGet

When you first start using dbGet, many of your queries branch off the "top" keyword…

BobD 28 Sep 2011 • 1 min read

dbGet , finding cells , cell masters , filler cells , encounter , Digital Implementation , Encounter Digital Implementation , quick tip

Verification

Technical Tip on How to Use HDL Assertions in e

While assertion callbacks have existed in Specman/e for several years now, several…

teamspecman 28 Sep 2011 • 2 min read

IntelliGen , Specman , Incisive Enterprise Simulator , Incisive , e , SVA , e language , team specman , OOP , assertions , eRM , simulation , AOP , verification , Assertion-based verification

System, PCB, & Package Design

What's Good About Allegro Database Locking? See for Yourself in 16.5!

Prior to the SPB16.5 release, multiple designers can edit and update the same Allegro…

Jerry GenPart 27 Sep 2011 • 2 min read

PCB , database locking , Allegro 16.5 , SPB , PCB Editor , Layout , design , PCB design , SPB16.5 , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro

Verification

edaForum: Evolving Devices from “All in One” to “One for All”

This week I had the pleasure to attend and to present at the 11th annual edaForum…

fschirrmeister 26 Sep 2011 • 7 min read

PCB , IMC , Intel , virtual platforms , edaForum , virtual prototypes , IP integration , System Development Suite , EDA360 , embedded software , Shirrmeister , IC/package co-design , one for all , hardware/software co-development , Power Analysis , System Design & Verification , Frank Schirrmeister , all in one , Eul , power , debugging , System Design and Verification

Verification

Missing Real-World Assertions in Computer-Land

I was reviewing the page view statistics on the Cadence Functional verification…

tomacadence 26 Sep 2011 • 3 min read

uvm , ABV , outlook , Functional Verification , formal , assertions , Assertion-based verification

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