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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
• 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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Verification

Tech Tip: Setup Your OVM e Environment So Even Your 16 Year Old Can Use Sequence…

A few months ago we introduced the Sequences API in OVM e in the post “ OVM e Sequence…

• 5 min read
IEEE 1647 , Specman , Functional Verification , OVM , OVM e , e , Aspect Oriented Programming , sequences , AOP , IES-XL

Verification

Highlights From ClubT Hertzelia

Over 125 Verification engineers honored us this past Tuesday by attending the annual…

• 2 min read
Specman , Functional Verification , e , ClubT , IES-XL

Verification

Observations From This Autumn's Events

As you may recall I was involved in producing several events this past fall . Allow…

• 2 min read
AMS , Specman , CDNLive , Functional Verification , Twitter , ClubT , ESL , IES-XL , Trailblazer

SoC and IP

Guide to Denali's Synthesizable DDR PHY

Click on a frame for slideshow view. Enjoy! …

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System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About the SPB16.3 Release? Join The Virtual Conference 12/02/09 and See

You will NOT want to miss this event! The first ever Virtual Trade Show for the SPB…

• 4 min read
PCB , IC Packaging and SiP Design , Virtual Conference , SPB 16.3 , Allegroro , OrCAD , PCB design

Analog/Custom Design

Things You Didn't Know About The Rhinovirus and ViVA (Part 3)

Okay, so I really have no idea how to tie those 2 things together, but I ran across…

• 3 min read
ViVa-XL , IC 6.1 , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

Verification

Interview With Teradyne on Metric Driven Verification

Welcome to the first TeamMDV blog. We are excited to bring you information, tips…

• 3 min read
Functional Verification , Incisive , SoC , Enterprise Manager , Enterprise Planner , MDV , IES

Verification

Android System Verification Part 2

In Part 1 of this series on Android System Verification I provided the basics about…

• 3 min read
android , System Design and Verification , Java , ISX , Monkey

Verification

We and Our Competitors Agree (Well, Almost!)

It’s rare in EDA to see competitors agreeing, but an interesting article in EEtimes…

• 2 min read
DAC , ICE , System Design and Verification , Palladium , SoC , FPGA

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Cadence Online Support? – Here’s My List!

My good friend and fellow blogger - Bob Dwyer - recently posted on the new Cadence…

• 2 min read
Support , PCB design , Online Support

Verification

IntelliGen Lab Now Live on Xuropa - See What You Are Missing!

Team Specman guesstimates that a majority of users have migrated to "IntelliGen"…

• 2 min read
IntelliGen , Specman , Functional Verification , Cadence VIP portfolio , e , DVcon , Xuropa , IES-XL

Verification

Android System Verification Part 1

From time to time I hear or read stories about how engineers find ways to apply Specman…

• 5 min read
Specman , android , System Design and Verification , Virtual Platforms , verification

Verification

Ten Things I've Learned About Formal

2009 is the tenth year that I've spent at least a portion of my time responsible…

• 2 min read
verifier , Enterprise , Functional Verification , formal , Incisive , IEV

Verification

"ClubT" Herzelia Israel Verification Seminar Invitation 17 November

Specmaniacs Based In Israel, Please join us for a day of in-depth presentations and…

• less than a min read
IntelliGen , Specman , verification strategy , Verification methodology , OVM ML , Functional Verification , simvision , VIP , OVM e , e , Enterprise Manager , Enterprise Planner , ClubT , IES-XL

Digital Design

Find, Fix And Learn With Cadence Online Support

We recently rolled out a new online support mechanism that replaces Sourcelink called…

• 1 min read
Sourcelink , Cadence Online Support , Digital Implementation

Analog/Custom Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: ViVA (Part 2)

This week's installment, boys and girls, is brought to you by the letters H, V, m…

• 3 min read
ViVa-XL , IC 6.1 , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

Verification

OVM Innovation Means Business

Today, Cadence recognized it's OVM team for their innovative contribution to the…

• 2 min read
SystemVerilog , innovation , OVM ML , Functional Verification , OVM , OVM e , OVM SV , e , eRM , OVM SC , OVMWorld

Verification

Today's Innovation Awards and The "Trailblazer" Marathon

Today myself and the whole Trailblazer team are proud to celebrate the success of…

• 1 min read
innovation , Functional Verification , OVM , award , charity benefit

Digital Design

Cadence and Very Cool Stuff

One of the very cool things about my job is that I get to see all kinds of new stuff…

• 3 min read
PSO , innovation , MSV , Digital Implementation , FED
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