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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

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR2 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR2 production release is now available for download.

Virtuoso Release Team
• 1 min read
IC25.1 , featured , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release Blog Announcement

Spectre 25.1 Release Now Available

The SPECTRE 25.1 release is now available for download at Cadence Downloads. For…

SpectreReleaseTeam
• 1 min read
featured , Spectre FMC Analysis , Spectre RF , Spectre Photonics , Spectre AMS Designer
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Virtuosity: The Reboot

It’s been quite a while since I wrote about “Things I Learned by Browsing Cadence…

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Analog Design Environment , ADE GXL , ADE Explorer , Rapid Adoption Kit , Analog Simulation , ADE XL , ADE , ADE-GXL , Analog Design Environment , ADE-XL , Virtuosity , Custom IC Design , ADE Assembler

Virtuoso Video Diary: Run Point Selection -WYSIWYG

With Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Virtuoso ADE Assembler , it is easy to create setups…

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Analog Design Environment , ADE Explorer , Analog Simulation , analog , Mixed-Signal , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Analog Design Environment , ViVA , Virtuoso Video Diary , Custom IC Design

Virtuoso Video Diary: Controlling the Information Displayed on Outputs Setup and…

In Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Virtuoso ADE Assembler , it’s not unusual to see a large…

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Virtuoso Video Diary: Real-Time Tuning—A Lot More Than Just an Assistant!

Have you ever found yourself in situations where you’re not sure which values of…

• 3 min read
Analog Design Environment , ADE Explorer , Analog Simulation , analog , Mixed-Signal , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Analog Design Environment , ViVA , Virtuoso Video Diary , Custom IC Design

Virtuoso Video Diary: Noise Simulation in Spectre RF Using Improved Pnoise/Hbnoise…

Did you check out the new Pnoise and Hbnoise Choosing Analyses forms in the MMSIM…

• 4 min read
Spectre RF , noise simulation , Virtuoso , Virtuoso Video Diary

Virtuoso Video Diary: Why Should you Switch to the Expression Builder for Creating…

Here’s how you can create expressions using the Expression Builder in 4 easy steps…

• 6 min read
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Virtuoso Video Diary: Eye Masks

Have you ever plotted an eye diagram in Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XL and…

• 4 min read
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Virtuoso Video Diary: Is It That Easy to Edit in the Virtuoso Schematic Editor?

Creating a neat and organized schematic is extremely important, and often requires…

• 3 min read
Virtuoso Schematic Editor , VSE L , Advanced Node , VSE XL , Virtuoso Video Diary , Custom IC Design

New Virtuoso ADE Suite Wins Product of the Year

Cadence today announced that its next-generation Virtuoso® Analog Design Environment…

• 1 min read
ade suite , electronic products , product of the year

Virtuoso Video Diary: Demystifying the Abstract

You heard it right! It’s Virtuoso Abstract Generator, the popular library modeling…

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AG , abstract , Virtuoso Video Diary , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

Virtuoso Video Diary: Using the Hierarchical Color Locking Check

As you incrementally build your design and decompose the layout geometry into masks…

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Virtuoso Video Diary: Introducing the New Search Functionality in Hierarchy Edit…

Are you still crawling through the set of tabs, panes, or tables in the Hierarchy…

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Search , HED , Virtuoso Video Diary , hierarchy editor

Virtuoso Video Diary: Using the New IE-Card Based Setup in ADE Explorer

Interface Element (IE) Setup can be one of the most challenging parts in AMS Designer…

• 5 min read
Analog Design Environment , ADE Explorer , AMS in ADE , AMS Designer , IE Card Setup , ADE , Virtuoso Video Diary

Virtuoso Video Diary: Extending Trunks for Selected Nets While Routing

You must have come across and experienced the capabilities of Pin to Trunk routing…

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Pin to Trunk , Virtuoso Space-based Router , Trunk Extending , Virtuoso Video Diary , Extending Trunks , Custom IC Design

Analog Design Resonance: Playing with Violation Filters

We'd like to welcome guest writer Yanyan Qiao from our Cadence Japan AE team. Many…

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Explorer , asserts , ADE XL , Virtuoso ADE , Assembler , device checks

Virtuoso Video Diary: ADE Explorer Setup - Save Now and Reuse Later!

Have you ever come across a situation where you have a test setup in ADE Explorer…

• 3 min read
Explorer , ADE , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso Video Diary , mixed signal

Virtuoso Video Diary: I Am Not Promoting Layout Hierarchy Manipulation!

Are you contemplating manipulating your layout hierarchy by adding or removing a…

• 5 min read
Flatten , Transparent instances , Virtuoso Video Diary , Connectivity-driven , Make Cell , XL-compliance , Layout hierarchy manipulation , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

Virtuoso Video Diary: Creating Net Groups and Constraining Them with Spacing Using…

In this new age of complex designs and scaling of technology nodes, there are more…

• 4 min read
Advanced Node , Virtuoso Schematic XL , Virtuoso Video Diary , Custom IC Design , VLS XL , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

Virtuoso Video Diary: SPD – A Symbolic Way to Edit Your Physical Design

The best way to complete a complex task is to break it into smaller, simpler tasks…

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Virtuoso Video Diary: SKILL IDE Performance Analysis Tools

As a SKILL code developer, do you spend a major chunk of your time in fine-tuning…

• 2 min read
Team SKILL , programming , Virtuoso Video Diary , software development , SKILL IDE , Custom IC Design , SKILL++ , Virtuoso Layout Suite , SKILL

Virtuoso Video Diary: Introducing WSP Manager

Are you an advanced node layout or CAD engineer trying to find a methodology for…

• 2 min read
Routing , WSP , Rapid Adoption Kit , Advanced Node , Virtuoso Video Diary , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite

High-Sigma Showdown: Which Method is Better?

The adoption and usage of advanced node technology (16nm and below) has been extraordinary…

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Virtuoso Variation Option: Reliable High-Yield Design with Scaled-Sigma Sampling

What’s Scaled-Sigma Sampling? Scaled-sigma sampling (SSS) is an efficient algorithm…

• 4 min read
Variability Aware Design , scaled sigma sampling , ADE , IEEE , Variation , yield

Analog Design Resonance: Quick and Efficient Regression Scripts–Now Possible with…

The new Virtuoso ADE product suite is packaged with a lot of easy-to-use, productivity…

• 3 min read
ADE Explorer , ADE , Custom IC Design , ADE Assembler

Adding Weighted Noise Via Calculator Custom Function

Applying a weighting factor to a Noise Summary run requires lots of steps and the…

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Analog Design Environment , ADE XL , ADE , ViVA , Custom IC Design

Virtuoso Video Diary: Getting Started with the New Virtuoso ADE Product Suite

Hey, did you hear the buzz around the new Virtuoso ADE product suite , which was…

• 3 min read
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IEEE Recognition of Cadence Software at DAC 2016

Cadence was awarded with the IEEE Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award—EDA’s most…

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best paper award , DAC , Virtuoso , IEEE

Waveform Thumbnails

Wouldn't it be great if you could see your plots directly on the schematic? Well…

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Explorer , waveforms , waveform thumbnails
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