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Unifying Electronic and Photonic Circuit Simulation

The Need For Photonics The proliferation of artificial intelligence, the rollout…

Corporate
• 1 min read
news story , featured , Virtuoso Studio , Spectre Photonics , analog

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR4 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR4 production release is now available for download.

KomalJohar
• 5 min read
IC25.1 , featured , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release Announcement blog

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR3 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR3 production release is now available for download.

KomalJohar
• 4 min read
IC25.1 , featured , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release Announcement blog
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Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR6 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR6 production release is now available for download.

• 4 min read
IC25.1 , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release Announcement blog , IC Release Blog , Custom IC Design

Virtuoso Studio: Excellent XL – How to Keep Layout XL Up to Date with Ease

On‑canvas binding highlights provide color‑coded visibility of binding status across…

• 4 min read
IC25.1 , lvs closure , binding highlights , LVS binding , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite

Electrically Aware Design: Catch EM and IR Drop Issues Early with EAD

As designs move to advanced nodes, interconnect reliability is pushed to its limits…

• 5 min read
EAD , electromigration , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , electrically-aware design flow , Simulation-driven interactive routing , LDE , digital badges , Custom IC Design , SDR , ADE Assembler

Liberate Trio: A Scalable Answer to Advanced-Node Characterization

The Growing Pain No Library Team Can Ignore If you're working on standard-cell…

• 4 min read
nldm , AdvancedNodes , HighPerformanceComputing , MultiPVT , library characterization , recharacterization , ChipDesignTraining , bolt , Recovery characterization , CadenceLiberate , LiberateTrio , Debugging Techniques in Liberate Trio , VLSItraining , Liberate , MPVT characterization , Liberty , StandardCellLibraries , ParallelProcessing , ECSM , CCS , liberty model , Model Files , EDAlearning

Virtuoso Studio: Excellent XL – Automated Layout XL Binding from LVS Data

Click here to discover how Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 uses LVS svdb data for automated…

• 2 min read
Virtuoso Layout Suite MXL , arc , svdb , Layout Xl Binding , LVS-based Binding , Application Readiness Checker , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

Analog Circuit Modeling Using Verilog-A within Virtuoso: A Video Series

A Practical Video Series that connects Verilog‑A Modeling to Real Circuit Behavior…

• 6 min read
Cadence blogs , ADE Explorer , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , analog behavioral models , training bytes , Virtuoso , Spectre , Custom IC Design , Verilog-A

Legacy Node to Advanced Silicon: Schematic Migration in Cadence Virtuoso Studio

In today’s fast-paced semiconductor industry, technology nodes evolve quickly—yet…

• 3 min read
Virtuoso Studio , Cadence training , Custom IC Design

New Spectre AMS Designer Features in XCELIUM 26.03

The Spectre AMS Designer features are now available through the XCELIUM 26.03 release…

• 1 min read
AMS-Designer , AMSD , Spectre AMS Designer , AMSD Simulation , AMS-X GPU , analog assertions , idspf

Accurate S-Parameter Simulations Using Spectre Simulator in Virtuoso Studio

Introduction: Designing Beyond DC and Time Domain Limits Imagine validating high…

• 5 min read
blended , blended training , RF , RF Simulation , Cadence blogs , Spectre RF , learning , training , digital badges , training bytes , Virtuoso , Spectre , learning map , RF design , Custom IC Design , online training , Custom IC , blog

Virtuoso Studio: Layout Editor Productivity Enhancements Blog Series: Part 1

Discover how new Group Array enhancements in Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 streamline editing…

• 5 min read
Virtuoso Studio , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR5 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR5 production release is now available for download.

• 4 min read
IC25.1 , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release Announcement blog , IC Release Blog , Custom IC Design

Virtuoso Studio: Excellent XL- Layout XL Tools for Faster LVS Closure

Ensure your layout perfectly matches the schematic. Click here to discover how the…

• 4 min read
IC25.1 , arc , INCAS , Virtuoso , CAS , Application Readiness Checker , Virtuoso Layout Suite , LVS Check , Incremental CAS , Connectivity Analyzer , IC23.1

Quantus Assistant: Your AI Copilot for RC Extraction

An AI-powered copilot for Quantus that answers RC extraction questions in plain language…

• 5 min read
Cadence Quantus Copilot , Quantus Extraction Solution , qrc , Quantus , Custom IC Design , Assisted Flows , Virtuoso Layout Suite

Animate in Virtuoso Studio: Accelerating Analog Layout Prototyping with It!

The blog introduces Animate in Virtuoso Studio as a powerful analog virtual prototyping…

• 7 min read
IC25.1 , Virtuoso Layout EXL , Layout , Animate , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite , Custom IC

Unifying Electronic and Photonic Circuit Simulation

The Need For Photonics The proliferation of artificial intelligence, the rollout…

• 1 min read
news story , featured , Virtuoso Studio , Spectre Photonics , analog , Spectre Circuit Simulator , Virtuoso , photonics , Circuit Design , Custom IC

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR4 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR4 production release is now available for download.

• 5 min read
IC25.1 , featured , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release Announcement blog , IC Release Blog , Custom IC Design

Virtuoso Studio: Layout Editor Productivity Enhancements Blog Series

In the complex world of custom IC layout, every click and keystroke counts towards…

• 2 min read
Virtuoso Studio , Custom IC Design

Virtuoso Studio: Excellent XL - Next-Gen Layouts with Virtuoso Layout XL

The ‘Excellent XL’ blog series explores what makes Layout Suite XL so powerful for…

• 5 min read
Layout XL-compliance , Schematic Assistant , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design , Application Readiness Checker , IC23.1

A Journey Through 2025: Learning, Innovation, and Momentum

Cadence Training 2025 Year in Review: 30 New Blogs, Accelerated Learning Expansion…

• 5 min read
online_training , Accelerated_Learning , live_training , Virtuoso Studio , pegasus , VirtuosoADE , Training_Byte , webinar , Layout , learning map , digital_badge , EMX Solver , Custom IC

Virtuoso Studio IC23.1 ISR17 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC23.1 ISR17 production release is now available for download.

• 2 min read
Virtuoso Studio , IC Release , Virtuoso , IC Release Announcement , Custom IC Design , Custom IC , IC design , IC23.1

Virtuoso Studio: Plotting Templates-Compare, Focus and Analyze Like Never Before

If you’ve ever wished waveform analysis could be faster, cleaner, and less repetitive…

• 3 min read
Corners , ViVa-XL , Virtuoso Studio , ADE Explorer , plotting , ViVA , ADE Artist , plotting templates , ADE Assembler

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR3 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR3 production release is now available for download.

• 4 min read
IC25.1 , featured , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release Announcement blog , IC Release Blog , Custom IC Design

Virtuoso Studio: Streamlining the Design Review Process

This blog covers how to overcome challenges that can arise in the Design review process…

• 4 min read
Virtuoso Schematic Editor , Virtuoso Studio , design review , predefined checklist , designer , defects , Schematic Editor , reviewee , reviewer , Design Checks , Schematic

Virtuoso Studio: Navigating Smarter - Introducing the Virtuoso Dashboard

The Virtuoso Dashboard brings a unified, streamlined way to manage every window and…

• 4 min read
Virtuoso Studio , Custom IC Design

Virtuoso Studio: Stay Notified, Stay Productive-Introducing Notification Display

The latest update to Virtuoso Studio introduces a smarter, more seamless way to stay…

• 3 min read
Virtuoso Studio , Custom IC Design

Demystifying Standard Cell Characterization with Cadence Liberate

In the constantly evolving field of semiconductor design, accuracy and performance…

• 3 min read
Standard cell design , Standard Cell , nldm , characterization , library characterization , Custom IC Design , ECSM

Green, Red, and Blue Lights in the Layout Design — What Do They Indicate?

As you know, even after generating the layout from the source, there can still be…

• 4 min read
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Virtuoso Studio: Viewing Designs Clearly - Understanding LPP Transparency

Virtuoso Studio introduces LPP Transparency—a feature that gives you clearer visibility…

• 3 min read
Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , Custom IC Design , Custom IC
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