Why You Should Attend CadenceLIVE Europe in October

23 Sep 2021 • 4 minute read

cadencelive europe 2021 badge CadenceLIVE Europe is on October 19 and will be a digital event. Let me give you a preview of what is coming up and some reasons to attend. As usual, there are keynotes, technical updates, presentations mainly by customers, an expo...and even giveaways. Nominally, the event is in Munich where it would normally be. But since it is virtual, the only thing you really need to know is that all times in the agenda and in this blog post are Central European Time.

1. Lip-Bu Tan's Keynote

Lip-Bu Tan, Cadence's CEO, will open the conference at 09:30 with a keynote titled Harnessing the Power of Analytics to Drive the Electronics Industry Renaissance.

The electronics industry renaissance continues to drive change and growth in semiconductor design. With the increasing influence of hyperscalers comes a restructuring of the ecosystem as they drive priorities for process nodes, packaging, PCBs, and complete systems. Productivity designing software for intelligent systems is an increasingly important bottleneck. Data analytics are at vanguard of this wave of change, and Cadence is a key enabler of the technologies fueling the innovation.

By the way, you have to watch Lip-Bu's keynote live, like all our keynotes. It will not be available for replay afterward.

2. Anirudh Devgan's Keynote

Anirudh Devgan, Cadence's president and next CEO, will give his keynote following Lip-Bu Tan's at 10:00. It is titled Accelerating System Design and Analysis.

Successful design of high-performance electronic systems demands a level of system engineering previously seen only for rocket science and theoretical physics. Engineers are striving for optimal capabilities while squeezing margins for cost, size, power, and other factors. Incorporating intelligence requires another level of control theory beyond. To achieve desired results requires a new approach of Intelligent System Design encompassing semiconductor, electrical, mechanical, and thermal effects. Hear about the latest innovations from Cadence that achieve results and enable higher quality design with the industry’s best designer productivity.

3. Invited Keynote: Ericsson

erik ekudden cto ericsson At 11:00, there is a guest keynote from Erik Ekudden, the CTO of Ericsson. You won't be surprised to hear he is talking about 5G. His keynote is titled Performance for 5G and Beyond.

As CTO, Erik Ekudden is responsible for setting the overall strategy and direction of technology leadership for Ericsson.

His focus for the group is on strategic decisions and investments in mobility, cloud, artificial intelligence and the internet of things. This builds on his decades-long career in technology strategies and industry activities with leading customers and partners from 2G to 5G and beyond. Ekudden first joined Ericsson in 1993 working on mobile systems, but rapidly moved into leadership within research and technology. He has served as research area director and vice president of technology strategy, standardization and industry.

He holds a an MSc in electrical engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).

4. Cadence Technology Updates

Virtuoso and Spectre Technology Update
AWR Technology Update—Analysis and Work Flow Integration for Advanced RF Systems
Digital Design and Implementation Technology Update
System Design Platform Technology Update—Pervasive Performance and Productivity
Mixed-Signal Verification Technology Update—Advanced Debug Capabilities and Performance Boost
Cadence Portfolio Available for European Academics via Europractice

5. Technical Tracks

The technical tracks start at 11:45sm. There are 13 tracks, although a couple are actually doubled up since there are too many presentations for a single track. These will be available for replay later, so you can actually "attend" presentations that are in parallel on the agenda, although you won't be able to participate in the live Q&A.

Custom and Analog Design I
Custom and Analog Design II
Mixed-Signal Design I
Mixed-Signal Design II
RF Design
Digital Implementation and Signoff
Verification
PCB Design and IC Packaging
System Design and Analysis
Automotive and IP
Academic and Entrepreneur Showcase
Cloud
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Presenters include Arm, Intel, STMicroelectronics, Fraunhofer IIS/EAS, Europractice, AWS, Renesas, Texas Instruments, Infineon, Melexis, Azure/D-Matrix, X-FAB, GlobalFoundries, Extoll, imec, RC Module, Google, AMS, Flowcad, U-Blox, IC Mask Design, Nanusens, Spiden, Equal1Labs, Semron, Minres Technologies, Seamless Waves, Finot-Conq, University of Stuttgart, Oxford University, Delft University of Technology, Ramon Llull University, Leibniz University Hanover...

...and, of course, Cadence.

There is a full detailed agenda of all the sessions and titles. Note that there is a break in the sessions from 13:30 until 14:30 to allow attendees to visit the Expo (see below).

6. Designer Expo

There is a "lunch" break each day from 13.30 to 14.30 when the designer expo will be open. Of course, unfortunately, we can't provide you with actual lunch. But come and meet with: