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When AI Becomes Part of Your Analog Design Workflow

If you design analog or mixed-signal circuits, each silicon generation asks you to…

Corporate
• 6 min read
Virtuoso AI Studio , featured , agentic ai , IP Catalog , analog design

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR8 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR8 production release is now available for download.

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

Analog Design Migration Made Easy With Migration Cockpit

Analog IP remains one of the most valuable and difficult-to-scale assets in semiconductor…

Vinod Khera
• 5 min read
featured , analog IP , Automated test bench migration , parasitic aware optimization , Front to back Analog Migration
Analog/Custom Design
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Virtuosity: Device-Level Routing for Advanced Nodes - Using Finish Trunk

The first blog of the series talks about features that are not new but capabilities…

• 4 min read
Trunk Trimming , Pin to Trunk , Create Wire , space-based router , Virtuoso Space-based Router , layout XL , Layout Suite , Trunk Extending , Layout L , Finish Trunk , EM Trunk Optimization , Custom IC Design

Virtuoso Video Diary: Can I Put Sticky Notes on Nets When Resolving EM Violations…

Do you know the Virtuoso Electrically Aware Design flow provides a sticky notes-kind…

• 2 min read
ICADV12.3 , ICADVM18.1 , EM/IR , electrically-aware design flow , Layout EAD , Virtuoso Layout EXL , Virtuoso , IC6.1.7 , IC6.1.8 , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

Spectre Tech Tips: Spectre APS Save Overview - Part 1

As an analog/mixed-signal designer, verification engineer, or CAD expert, you use…

• 6 min read
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Virtuoso Video Diary: Comparing Multiple Tests and Sharing Settings

Have you been in the situation where you want to change a particular simulation setting…

• 4 min read
Analog Design Environment , ICADVM18.1 , ADE , simulator options , Virtuoso Video Diary , Custom IC Design , IC6.1.8 , Assembler , ADE Assembler

Virtuoso Video Diary: The Next Big Thing — ADE Verifier Teams Up with Cadence vM…

Need to perform functional verification of a mixed-signal design? Using the connection…

• 3 min read
verifier , ICADVM18.1 , Functional Verification , Formalized Verification , vPlan , Mixed-Signal , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso Video Diary , mixed-signal design , Custom IC Design , ADE Verifier , IC6.1.8 , vManager , verification

Virtuosity: Did My Checks Pass or Did They Not Run?

If you've ever tried to run the Checks/Asserts flow in Virtuoso ADE Assembler and…

• 2 min read
ADE Explorer , Virtuosity , Custom IC Design , ADE Assembler

Virtuosity: The Top 3 Post-Layout Enhancements in Analog Design Environment

Have you ever wanted to sweep DSPF files across corners, plot terminal current and…

• 4 min read
ADE Explorer , post-layout , DSPF , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , postlayout , Virtuosity , ADE Assembler

Virtuoso Video Diary: What's New in Reliability Setup

Read this blog to know about the enhancements made to the reliability options form…

• 3 min read
Stress Analysis , Analog Design Environment , relxpert , ICADVM18.1 , ADE Explorer , MMSIM , ADE XL , ADE , ISR3 , reliability options , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Spectre , ADE-XL , Virtuosity , Virtuoso Video Diary , aging , reliability analysis , Custom IC Design , IC6.1.8 , reliability , ADE Assembler

Virtuosity: Filtering Plots!

If you're a regular reader of the Virtuosity series, you'll have seen a few blogs…

• 2 min read
ADE Explorer , plotting , plot , Filtering , ViVA , Virtuosity , ADE Blog Series , Custom IC Design , ADE Assembler

Spectre Tech Tips: Measuring Noise in Digital Circuits

As a designer, verification engineer, or CAD expert, you use Spectre APS for analyzing…

• 4 min read
edge delay , timeaverage , ADE Explorer , sampled jitter , sampled , pnoise , spectreRF , Virtuoso , direct plot form , full spectrum pnoise , edge phase noise , sampled phase , edge crossing

Virtuoso IC6.1.8 ISR3 and ICADVM18.1 ISR3 Now Available

The IC6.1.8 ISR3 and ICADVM18.1 ISR3 production releases are now available for download…

• 3 min read
ICADVM18.1 , ADE Explorer , Virtuoso Space-based Router , Interactive and Assisted Routing , Virtuoso RF , ADE , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Layout , Virtuoso , cadenceblogs , IC Release Blog , New in EDA , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite , Custom IC , IC6.1.8

Virtuosity: Cdsenv Editor – Simplifying Virtuoso Customization

Customization is the need of the day. From picking an ice cream flavor to outfitting…

• 4 min read
Cdsenv Editor , Virtuoso Environment Variables , ICADVM18.1 , cdsenv , cdsenv variables , Virtuosity , Virtuoso Design Environment , Custom IC Design , IC6.1.8

Virtuosity: Spring-Cleaned Virtuoso Doc Closet

Most of us know how a spring-cleaned house can look like. But, do you know how the…

• 3 min read
legato , Virtuoso Schematic Editor , ICADVM18.1 , Routing , ADE L , Virtuoso RF , Layout EXL , layout XL , Virtuoso , Layout L , Cadence Help , Virtuoso Doc , Virtuoso Design Environment , Virtuoso Layout Suite , IC6.1.8

Virtuoso Video Diary: Creating and Previewing Stimuli

If you've ever tried to add stimuli to your design using the Stimuli form, you'll…

• 3 min read
ADE Explorer , stimuli form , stimuli , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , ViVA , Virtuosity , ADE Blog Series , Custom IC Design , ADE Assembler , Stimuli Assignment form

Virtuoso Video Diary: Tune In to the MPT Video Channel

Tune In to the MPT Video Channel to check out a wide range of features easily accessible…

• 1 min read
ICADVM18.1 , video , Layout , Virtuoso , Virtuoso Video Diary , advanced nodes , multi-patterning technology , Custom IC

Virtuoso Video Diary: Checking EM Compliance Before Creating Layouts

How about checking your designs for electromigration (EM) compliance before creating…

• 2 min read
EAD , electromigration , ICADVM18.1 , electrically-aware design flow , Virtuoso electrically-aware design flow , EM , Virtuoso Layout Suite , IC6.1.8

Spectre Tech Tips: Spectre Assert and Design Check Overview

As an analog/mixed-signal designer, verification engineer, or CAD expert, you use…

• 5 min read
spectre aps , Circuit simulation , asserts , Spectre , SOA Checks , Design Checks

Virtuoso Video Diary: What Makes EM/IR Analysis A Significant Sign-Off Step?

This blog describes the EM and IR analyses in Virtuoso ADE as a design sign-off step…

• 3 min read
ADE Explorer , EM/IR , Power Integrity , IC layout , ADE , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso Video Diary , sign-off , Custom IC Design , Custom IC , IC design , EMIR

Virtuoso IC6.1.8 ISR2 and ICADVM18.1 ISR2 Now Available

The IC6.1.8 ISR2 and ICADVM18.1 ISR2 production releases are now available for download…

• 3 min read
ICADVM18.1 , ADE Explorer , Virtuoso Space-based Router , ADE , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Layout , Virtuoso , cadenceblogs , IC Release Blog , New in EDA , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite , Custom IC , IC6.1.8

Virtuosity: Maestro Plotting Templates

Waveforms, plots, graphs, measurements, markers... are all a part and parcel of any…

• 3 min read
ICADVM18.1 , ADE Explorer , ViVA , plotting templates , maestro plotting templates , Custom IC Design , IC6.1.8 , ADE Assembler

Virtuosity: Reading Vector Files in Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis

Prior to IC6.1.8 and ICADVM18.1, to view digital and analog waveforms along with…

• 2 min read
VCD , Analog Design Environment , ICADVM18.1 , analog , ViVA , Virtuosity , analog stimuli , IC6.1.8 , vector

Virtuosity: Identifying Those Traces

With the ever-increasing number of simulations required to be run these days, the…

• 3 min read
Explorer , plotting , ADE XL , Virtuoso , Analog Design Environment , ViVA , ADE-XL , Virtuosity , Assembler

Spectre Tech Tips: Device Aging? Yes, even Silicon wears out

While most of us would like our electronic gadgets to last forever, the reality is…

• 3 min read
Stress Analysis , TDDB , PBTI , native reliability analysis , Spectre , reliability analysis , HCI , NBTI , reliability

Virtuosity: New Flexible Subwindows

Plots in Cadence Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis can be plotted in a window or…

• 3 min read
ICADVM18.1 , subwindows , waveforms , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , ViVA , Virtuosity , plotting templates , Custom IC Design , IC6.1.8

Verifying Power Intent in Analog and Mixed-Signal Designs Using Formal Methods

Analog and Mixed-signal (AMS) designs are increasingly using active power management…

• 2 min read
AMS , Virtuoso Schematic Editor , Low Power , virtuoso power manager , Virtuoso-AMS , mixed signal design , mixed signal solution , Virtuoso , low-power design , mixed signal , mixed-signal verification

Virtuosity: A Smart Extracted View

The Cadence Quantus Smart View is the next generation of the Extracted View in the…

• 4 min read
Smart View , PAD , ICADVM18.1 , ADE Explorer , Virtuoso , Virtuosity , Quantus , IC6.1.8 , parasitics , ADE Assembler , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

Virtuosity: In-design Electromigration Analysis - An efficient way to make layouts…

Shrinking size of ICs with highly complex layouts containing billions of transistors…

• 4 min read
electromigration , ICADV12.3 , ICADVM18.1 , EM/IR , Layout Suite , IC6.1.7 , EM , electrically-aware design , IR drop , IC6.1.8

Break the Wall! Merging Circuit Design Flow and Layout Design Flow for FinFET De…

How can we overcome design challenges with FinFET architecture? Mr. Kazuhiro Oda…

• 4 min read
Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso New Design Platform , Physical placement and layout , Advanced Node , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design
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