Cadence Academic Network - A Year in Review

Each year that passes, we are delighted by the growth of our community! We’re excited about the collaborations forged, the innovation among student design teams, the advancement of curriculum, and so much more. We wanted to highlight the amazing accomplishments of the year.

Cadence on Campus

We continued to visit professors and students on campus to encourage Cadence tool integration into curriculum and research, talk with key faculty about collaborations on leading technology and trends, and network with students about career opportunities in the industry. We wanted to share some highlights:

UC Berkeley

We hosted a full day of professor meetings and student interactions, but the highlight of the day was the keynote talk delivered by Cadence president and CEO Anirudh Devgan, PhD about “The End of Technology as We Know It and the Rise of Computational Software.” Our continued connection with UC Berkeley is sure to significantly impact the education of engineers and innovative research, given our support of multiple labs on campus and close relationships with professors and student design teams. Watch the UC Berkeley replay.

University of Maryland

Cadence leaders KT Moore, James Chew, and Ben Sarpong met with Maryland Engineering and the Department of Aerospace Engineering to discuss how best the university can leverage Cadence tools to develop innovative solutions to meet grand challenges. It’ll be exciting to see the impact of adopting Cadence Fidelity CFD Software adoption for their aerodynamics and aeroacoustics research.

Carnegie Mellon University

After dedicating the Cadence Undergraduate Student Lounge, we got to speak with professors about the role of EDA in quantum computing and student innovators about how Cadence tools can accelerate their research with commercial partners.

California State University, Los Angeles

In collaboration with our industry partners, we visited CSULA to encourage industry-standard tool usage on campus. Along with JPL, Boeing, and Raytheon, Cadence met with key faculty about incorporating Cadence tools to enhance research and classroom curriculum.

What’s New

Don’t miss out on the exciting new benefits of the Cadence Academic Network. What can you leverage to bolster your teaching and research?

Education Kits

We continue to update and add variety to the academic resources available. Check out our newest education kit, Digital Implementation, and explore what else we have to offer.

Free for Academia – OrCAD X

Cadence unveiled OrCAD X, a cloud-enabled system design solution with AI-powered placement automation technology, enabling up to 5X reduction in design turnaround time. We’re excited to invite academia to use our industry-leading OrCAD Technology Suite! Students at academic institutions are eligible to apply. Sign up today.

Let’s Connect

We’re always excited to meet our academic partners at various events around the globe. We want to highlight what we’ve done in 2023 and where you can meet us in 2024. Interested in dedicated time talking with the team? Reach out to set up a meeting!

CadenceLIVE

We’re grateful for the unique perspective that academia brings to our CadenceLIVE conferences. Academic speakers participated throughout the Silicon Valley conference. At Boston, the “Workforce Development” track addressed challenges and potential solutions to encouraging aspiring engineers to pursue a microelectronics career. A full academic agenda at CadenceLIVE Europe offered presentations from students with winning master’s theses, rising start-ups innovating with Cadence tools, lead professors in the Academic Network, and a panel discussion on the benefits of AI in EDA. Learn more about the CadenceLIVE Series.

DAC Young Fellows

As long-time sponsors of the DAC Young Fellows program, which is designed for students and early career professionals to gain the skills they need to launch a career in the electronics design automation industry, we’re passionate about being involved and engaging with the fellows, whether asking questions during the PhD forum, providing easy access to Cadence technology for the workshops, or delivering a technical talk on trends in the industry. 2024 will be no different as we continue to provide our support.

DATE

The biggest EDA conference in Europe, DATE, was held in person for the first time since 2019! As a proud sponsor and co-chair for the Young People Programme, we collaborated with industry experts on workforce development and interacted with postgraduates and student teams. At DATE 2024, we’ll be hosting the first-ever GPT Design Contest. Competitors will have 24 hours to create an RTL description of a design that can be simulated and verified using Cadence Verification IP. Evaluating these designs will ultimately help us identify the benefits and restrictions of new GPT systems. We can’t wait to see you there!

Encouraging Innovation in the Asia-Pacific

Cadence is excited to support nearly 5,000 students participating in various competitions in the Asia Pacific region by chairing problems and providing easy access to Cadence tools. These students gain real-world experience tackling challenges in EDA and setting themselves up for successful careers in the electronics industry. With students competing from nearly 200 universities, it’s a great opportunity to network with future engineers, and we look forward to similar engagements next year!

Thank you to all those in the academic community for helping make this another successful year! We look forward to the continued partnership in 2024. Want to stay up to date on the happenings with the Cadence Academic Network? Subscribe now.