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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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System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Innovation at Cadence? – It’s Alive and Well and Increasing!

I'm switching gears this week from my regular SPB technical product posts to focus…

• 3 min read
innovation , PCB design

Analog/Custom Design

Things You Wish You'd Thought Of...But You're Glad Someone Did!

On Tuesday this week we are celebrating "Innovation Day" here at Cadence, honoring…

• 1 min read
innovation , Custom IC Design

Verification

Emulation Is Here To Stay

A recent blog by Brian Bailey covered the emulation war. I would like to correct…

• 1 min read
System Design and Verification , Emulation

Verification

From Cadence Earning Call This Week

In system development, we have focused on two key customer challenges. First…

• 1 min read
TLM , NVIDIA , ITRI , Silicon Hive , System Design and Verification , OVM , Nethra Imaging , Rhode , Schwartz

Verification

Improve Productivity Through Communication and Learning

I regularly spend time talking to people about the importance of the connection between…

• 5 min read
System Design and Verification , CDNLive! 2009 Silicon Valley , Virtual Platforms , ISX

Verification

OVM Tricks and Treats

Your kids may be going house to house for treats, but you can get a big OVM sugar…

• 2 min read
SystemVerilog , OVM ML , Functional Verification , OVM , OVM e , OVM SV , e , AMIQ , IES , OVM SC

Verification

Why Verification Engineers Are Like Football Players

Is it their raw power? Is it the cheerleaders? Why are verification engineers like…

• less than a min read
performance , CDNLive , Functional Verification , OVM , Multi-Core , MDV , IES , IES-XL

Digital Design

Encounter How-To: Write Text to The Log File With "Puts"

Here's a simple but useful tip that shows how to write to the log file using the…

• 1 min read
EDI system , Digital Implementation , Encounter Digital Implementation , tcl

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Net Color Override in Allegro? Check Out The SPB16.2 Release and…

Color assignment in Allegro PCB Editor has been accomplished with either a class…

• 1 min read
SPB 16.2 , color , Allegroro , PCB design

Verification

4 Minute Demo: OVM e Compliance Checks Added to AMIQ's DVT

Specmaniacs rejoice: long time Verification Alliance partner AMIQ has just added…

• less than a min read
eclipse , Specman , Functional Verification , OVM , OVM e , e , AMIQ

Verification

Where’s The “You” In The OVM?

Cadence and Mentor have dedicated teams to the development and support of the OVM…

• 2 min read
OVM ML , Functional Verification , OVM , OVM e , OVM SV , OVM Advisory Group , OVMWorld , IES-XL

Verification

4G Is Here Now

If you have not heard about 4G yet, it is here now. Verizon has already paid earlier…

• less than a min read
4G , System Design and Verification , Verizon , Rohde & Schwarz , Wimax , mobile

Analog/Custom Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: ViVA

Sorry I've been missing from this space for so long. I've been busily working on…

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

Verification

Keeping Trident Missiles "On Target" With System-Level Verification

Can you think of a more critical application for system-level verification than making…

• 1 min read
Mil-Aero , TLM , Draper Labs , System Design and Verification , Palladium

Digital Design

How To: Purge Interactive Constraints in MMMC Mode

These tips are applicable to the Encounter Digital Implementation System . Back in…

• 3 min read
timing constraints , Digital Implementation , mmmc , Encounter Digital Implementation System 8.1 , tcl

Verification

Specman/IES-XL 9.2 Is Posted - Come And Get It!

We interrupt the Specman 9.2 preview series and ClubT news to announce that 9.2 is…

• less than a min read
Specman , CDNLive , Functional Verification , e , Incisive Seminar , ClubT , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES-XL

Verification

Why OVM? John Aynsley of Doulos Has 10 Reasons

Believe it or not, sometimes a marketing guy just needs to say less. It's true. It…

• less than a min read
SystemVerilog , OVM ML , Functional Verification , OVM e , OVM SV , SystemC , eRM , OVM 2.0 , OVM SC , IES-XL

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About Package Power Integrity? You'll Need SPB16.2 To See!

As clock and data frequencies increase and high-speed systems become ever more densely…

• 10 min read
SPB 16.2 , SiP , Integrity , Allegroro , PCB design , power , PaKSi

Verification

Demo: New Signal Tracing Capability in Incisive Enterprise Simulator

One of the great things about working here at Cadence is having the opportunity to…

• less than a min read
Functional Verification , simvision , Incisive , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES , verification , IES-XL
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