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Virtuoso IC6.1.8 and ICADVM18.1 Now Available

By Virtuoso Release Team | 18 Oct 2018

The IC6.1.8 and ICADVM18.1 production releases are now available for download. To find out what new and enhanced features do the releases bring, click here…

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Analog Design Environment | ICADVM18.1 | ADE Explorer | ADE | Layout | Virtuoso | cadenceblogs | IC Release Blog | New in EDA | Virtuoso: The Next Overture | Custom IC Design | Custom IC | IC6.1.8
Virtuoso: The Next Overture - Virtuoso RF Solution for High Frequency Product Designs

By deeptig | 8 Oct 2018

The latest Advanced Methodology Virtuoso release (ICADVM18.1) introduces Virtuoso RF Solution that allows you to create modules and packages in Virtuoso by leveraging new package design capabilities.

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Virtuoso Overture | custom/analog | Virtuoso New Design Platform | VRF | vsdp | Virtuoso | RF design | Custom IC | Virtuoso Layout Suite XL
Virtuoso - The Next Overture: Introducing Simulation Driven Routing

By Parula | 25 Sep 2018

The new release of the Virtuoso platform (ICADVM18.1) offers groundbreaking analysis capabilities and an innovational new simulation-driven interactive routing for more robust and efficient design implementation as well as extending our support for the most advanced users.

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Interactive Routing | EAD | Virtuoso Next | Virtuoso Overture | Virtuoso New Design Platform | electrically aware design | Simulation-driven interactive routing | Mixed-Signal | Layout | Virtuoso | Custom IC Design | Custom IC
Virtuoso: The Next Overture - Congestion Analysis with a New Perspective

By Parula | 12 Sep 2018

Watch out for the exclusive set of routing features, along with the newly introduced Design Planner features in ICADVM 18.1, and then take a fresh new look at the new Congestion Analysis assistant.

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Congestion Analysis | Virtuoso Next | Virtuoso Overture | ICADVM18.1 | Virtuoso New Design Platform | Virtuoso Space-based Router | Routing | Virtuoso Advanced Release | Congestion Assistant | New in EDA | Custom IC Design | Virtuoso New Design | Design Planner | Custom IC
Virtuoso: The Next Overture – Introducing Design Planner

By Rishu Misri Jaggi | 7 Sep 2018

Watch out for our new layout design capability that allows you to plan more efficiently at the top level, block level, and at the cell level..

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Virtuoso Next | Virtuoso Overture | ICADVM18.1 | Virtuoso New Design Platform | Virtuoso Advanced Release | Virtuoso | New in EDA | Custom IC Design | Design Planner | Custom IC | Layout Editing
Virtuosity: Opening Old ADE States and Views with ADE Explorer and ADE Assembler

By Arja H | 3 Sep 2018

Have you found it a pain that when opening a Virtuoso ADE L state or a Virtuoso ADE XL view that the default application is still the old ADE L or XL? If you've moved on to Virtuoso ADE Assembler or Virtuoso ADE Explorer world then you need to change the application in the Open File dialog to ADE Explorer or ADE Assembler. To set the application by default we have added a couple of environment variables that you can set...

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Explorer | ADE Migration | ADE | Virtuoso Analog Design Environment | Analog Design Environment | Virtuosity | IC6.1.7 | Custom IC Design | Assembler
Virtuoso IC6.1.7 ISR22 and ICADV12.3 ISR22 Now Available

By Virtuoso Release Team | 3 Sep 2018

The IC6.1.7 ISR22 and ICADV12.3 ISR22 production releases are now available for download. To find out more, click here…

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Analog Design Environment | ICADV12.3 | ADE Explorer | ADE | Layout | Virtuoso | IC6.1.7 | Custom IC Design | Custom IC
Virtuoso: The Next Overture: Prelude to Cadence Virtuoso "Symphony No. 18.1"

By Rishu Misri Jaggi | 27 Aug 2018

Cadence Virtuoso is soon presenting a new symphony..."Symphony No. 18.1". Stay tuned in...

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Virtuoso Next | Virtuoso Overture | ICADVM18.1 | Virtuoso New Design Platform | Virtuoso Advanced Release | Virtuoso | New in EDA | Custom IC Design | Design Planner | Custom IC
Virtuoso: The Next Overture – Introducing Design Intent

By sarahfino | 14 Aug 2018

Simplifies the defining of design goals and gives layout designers the freedom to decide how to implement those goals.

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Virtuoso Next | Virtuoso Overture | Virtuoso New Design Platform | Virtuoso Advanced Release | Virtuoso Design Intent | Virtuoso Schematic XL | Virtuoso | Layout design | Constraints | Custom IC Design | Custom IC | Schematic | Virtuoso Layout Suite XL
Virtuoso: The Next Overture – DRD Launches New Interface

By Pallabi R | 7 Aug 2018

If you’ve been anywhere near the Cadence news buzz the last couple of months, you must have heard about the DRD relaunch. Let’s have a closer look at what the new DRD brings to you.

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Virtuoso Next | Virtuoso Overture | Virtuoso New Design Platform | Virtuoso Advanced Release | Virtuoso | DRD | New in EDA | Custom IC Design | Custom IC
Virtuoso Video Diary: Single Schematic Flow in Virtuoso System Design Platform

By deeptig | 2 Aug 2018

The Single Schematic Flow in Virtuoso System Design Platform simplifies the product usage. It allows you to generate a hierarchical schematic that can be used for simulations as well as for driving the layout of the package.

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vsdp | Virtuoso | Schematic Editor | Virtuoso Video Diary | Custom IC Design | single schematic | Schematic
Virtuoso IC6.1.7 ISR21 and ICADV12.3 ISR21 Now Available

By Virtuoso Release Team | 10 Jul 2018

The IC6.1.7 ISR21 and ICADV12.3 ISR21 production releases are now available for download at Cadence Downloads . IC6.1.7 ISR21 ICADV12.3 ISR21 For information on supported platforms, compatibility with other Cadence tools, and details of issues resolved in each release, see: IC6.1.7 ISR21 README ICADV12.3 ISR21 README The links above are functional at the time of publishing. If you encounter any...

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Virtuosity: A Guide to Bindkeys for Interactive and Assisted Routing Commands

By Parula | 6 Jul 2018

I'm sure you are well-versed with the benefits of using bindkeys. So, to have a better user experience, find out more about the bindkeys that we provide for Virtuoso interactive and assisted routing commonly-used commands.

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Interactive Routing | Create Wire | custom/analog | Virtuoso Space-based Router | VSR | Routing | Create Stranded Wire | Interactive and Assisted Routing | Wire Editing | Mixed-Signal | Layout | Virtuoso | Virtuosity | mixed signal | createbus | Custom IC Design | Assisted Routing | Virtuoso Layout Suite | Custom IC | Interactive Wire Editing
Virtuoso Video Diary: What's this Net Connected to?

By sarahfino | 19 Jun 2018

Meet the Virtuoso Schematic Editor L Probes assistant, a dockable assistant where you can identify connections that exist for a net, filter on these connections and save the probe path information to a CSV file.

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Virtuoso Schematic Editor | Virtuoso | Schematic Editor | Virtuoso Video Diary | Circuit Design | Probes assistant | Custom IC Design | Schematic
Virtuosity: Let's Have Fun with ADE Debugging – Part 1

By Kabir | 11 Jun 2018

Over the years, we have seen our customers’ usage of ICRPs increase dramatically. It is now quite common to run 1000s of simulation points using 100s of ICRPs. And as this usage has increased, one of the challenges that has emerged is how to debug issues with ICRPs and job distribution, which is the topic of my write-up. So, what is it that I’m trying to address? Does the following sound familiar? User hits green button...

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performance | ADE Explorer | ADE L | Virtuoso | ADE-XL | Virtuosity | Simulators | Custom IC Design | ICRP | ADE Assembler
Virtuoso IC6.1.7 ISR20 and ICADV12.3 ISR20 Now Available

By Virtuoso Release Team | 8 Jun 2018

The IC6.1.7 ISR20 and ICADV12.3 ISR20 production releases are now available for download. To find out more, click here…

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IC | ISR20 | ICADV12.3 | ADE | Layout | Virtuoso | Virtuosity | IC6.1.7 | Custom IC Design | Custom IC
Virtuosity: How to Run a Multi-Technology Simulation (MTS)?

By Priyanka Dadwal | 31 May 2018

Are you looking for some hands-on experience with running multi-technology simulation in Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Virtuoso ADE Assembler? In today’s fast-shrinking technology, we often have situations where we need to design custom IC system-in-packages (SiP). But, here comes the challenge – how to design these ICs using different technologies in a single design environment and analyze their responses when there are...

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ADE Explorer | Explorer | Rapid Adoption Kit | Virtuoso | Spectre | ADE-XL | Virtuosity | Custom IC Design | Assembler | ADE Assembler
Virtuoso Video Diary: Bridging Virtuoso and Mixed-Signal Simulation Tools Using CLIPS

By Vani V | 25 May 2018

Cadence has introduced Command-Line IP Selector (CLIPS) support to provide a bridge between Virtuoso—a UI-based, analog, and mixed-signal design environment—and other command-line, digital, and mixed-signal simulation tools and flows that use a text-based setup. CLIPS can be used to import an AMS IP into an existing digital-centric verification setup.

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custom/analog | Mixed-Signal | Virtuoso | Virtuosity | Virtuoso Video Diary | Custom IC Design
Virtuosity: What's New in Run Plan – Part II

By Yagya Mishra | 18 May 2018

The Run Plan assistant in Virtuoso ADE Assembler has proved to be one of the most popular features. It provides the capability to create multiple variations of the setup within a single session, each of these runs has their own setup details that override the settings in the active setup. Simulations can be run for all the runs defined in the run plan with a single click. If there are no dependencies, the results are...

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Run Plans | custom/analog | Analog Simulation | ADE | Virtuoso Analog Design Environment | calibration | Virtuoso | Analog Design Environment | Virtuosity | Run Plan | runplan | Custom IC Design | Custom IC | Assembler
Virtuosity: Preventing Redundant Simulations

By Arja H | 1 May 2018

I'm sure we all might have come across this situation - Not being sure if something has changed in the simulation setup or design so you need to run a new simulation in Virtuoso ADE Assembler to check the results. This simulation run may take hours or even days to complete and it's a sheer waste of time when you realize the results are identical to the previous simulation. It gets even worse when you have a regression...

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Virtuoso Analog Design Environment | Custom IC Design | Assembler | ADE Assembler
Virtuosity: Use Colin Thomson's New RAK to Learn How Legacy Designs Can be Made XL-Compliant

By Rishu Misri Jaggi | 30 Apr 2018

Are you bringing in a Layout L design, or a design made outside of Virtuoso into Virtuoso Layout Suite XL? If that's your plan, and if you do want to realize the real power of Layout XL, Colin Thomson (Product Engineering Architect, CPG) has captured some very useful insights in his new RAK that runs you through the steps to get this transition right. Read along to know some more about the RAK, how to access it, and why...

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Layout XL-compliance | Virtuosity | Layout design | Custom IC Design | VLS XL | Layout Editing | Virtuoso Layout Suite XL
Virtuoso IC6.1.7 ISR19 and ICADV12.3 ISR19 Now Available

By Virtuoso Release Team | 27 Apr 2018

The IC6.1.7 ISR19 and ICADV12.3 ISR19 production releases are now available for download. To find out more, click here…

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IC | ICADV12.3 | ADE | Layout | Virtuoso | Virtuosity | IC6.1.7 | Custom IC Design | Custom IC
Virtuosity: What's New in Run plan – Part I

By Yagya Mishra | 23 Apr 2018

The Run Plan assistant in Virtuoso ADE Assembler has proved to be one of the most popular features. It provides the capability to create multiple variations of the setup within a single session, each of these runs has their own setup details that override the settings in the active setup. Simulations can be run for all the runs defined in the run plan with a single click. If there are no dependencies, the results are...

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Run Plans | ADE | Virtuoso Analog Design Environment | calibration | Virtuoso | Virtuosity | Run Plan | runplan | Verifier Run Plan | Assembler
Virtuosity: Working with Tests in Virtuoso ADE Assembler Made Smarter

By NamrataM | 16 Apr 2018

Don’t we love the new features that make our favorite products behave even more cool? At times, small, but smart UX enhancements give us a better experience. Be it a simpler way to change the phone settings, a new banking menu to add multiple beneficiaries in one go, or a location sensor added to a cab-booking or food-ordering app, all of us welcome such simple design innovations that make our tasks easier and quicker...

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custom IC simulation | Virtuoso Analog Design Environment | Virtuosity | Custom IC Design | Virtuoso ADE Explorer | Virtuoso ADE Assembler
Virtuoso Video Diary: Reusing Variables through CSV Export and Import

By Rashmi G | 5 Apr 2018

Do you have some specific variables in a test and wonder if you could have a way to reuse them globally for all tests or locally in a particular test? You will be glad to know that Virtuoso ADE Assembler and Virtuoso ADE Explorer offer you a simple and time-saving solution to perform this task. You can now export variables in a CSV file and then use the same file to import them as global or local variables in any session...

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Analog Design Environment | custom/analog | Explorer | Analog Simulation | analog | ADE | Virtuoso Analog Design Environment | Virtuoso | Virtuoso Video Diary | Custom IC Design | Assembler | ADE Assembler

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