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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
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Virtuosity: 19 Things I Learned in April 2015 by Browsing Cadence Online Support

Application Notes 1. Spectre PSPICE Netlist Support Spectre technology enables…

• 5 min read
AMS , ADE XL , UNL , Monte Carlo , Virtuoso , Liberate , VLS XL , VCP

Virtuosity: 19 Things I Learned in March 2015 by Browsing Cadence Online Support

1. Cadence Online Support has a sleek new design along with support for iPAD and…

• 3 min read
CDNLive , guard ring , ADE XL , ADE , OASIS , ViVA , DRD , FinFET , Custom IC Design , Schematic

Virtuosity: 12 Things I Learned In February by Browsing Cadence Online Support

Application Notes 1. Voltus-Fi Power Analysis Support and Power Grid View Generation…

• 3 min read
AMS Designer , PSPICE , Voltus , Layout , Constraints , FinFET , VLS XL

Virtuosity: 13 Things I Learned in January 2015 by Browsing Cadence Online Suppo…

'Tis the end of an era, folks. It should not be a surprise, but IC 5.1.41 reached…

• 2 min read
EAD , ADC , PLL , ADE , Spectre , Parasitic analysis

Virtuosity: 26 Things I Learned in November and December 2014 by Browsing Cadence…

Happy New Year to all from the award-winning Virtuosity blog team (Alice, Praveena…

• 4 min read
Liberate AMS , MMSIM , ADE XL , ADE , Virtuoso , Spectre , Analog Design Environment , Virtuosity , PVS , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite , SKILL , IC 6.1.6

Top 5 Issues that Make Things Go Wrong in Mixed-Signal Verification

Key Findings : There are a host of issues that arise in mixed-signal verification…

• 5 min read
MS , uvm , Metric-Driven-Verification , Palladium , Mixed Signal Verification , Incisive , MDV-UVM-MS , Virtuoso , mixed signal , MDV

Five Reasons I'm Excited About Mixed-Signal Verification in 2015

Key Findings : Many more design teams will be reaching the mixed-signal methodology…

• 7 min read
uvm , mixed signal design , Metric-Driven-Verification , Mixed Signal Verification , MDV-UVM-MS

Mixing It Up in Hardware (an Advantest Case Study in Faster Full-Chip Simulations…

Key Findings: Advantest, in mixed-signal SoC design, sees 50X speedup, 25 day test…

• 9 min read
Advantest , Palladium , Mixed Signal Verification , Emulation , mixed signal

Virtuosity: A Very Large Number of Things I Learned in September and October 2014…

There has been a flurry of activity on COS over that past couple of months. I can…

• 8 min read
AMS , MMSIM , Advanced Node , ADE XL , Virtuoso , Analog Design Environment , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL , IC 6.1.6

The Elephant in the Room: Mixed-Signal Models

Key Findings: Nearly 100% of SoCs are mixed-signal to some extent. Every one of these…

• 5 min read
metrics-driven methodology , real number modeling , uvm , CPF , RNM , UPF , mixed signal , MDV , verification

It’s Late, But the Party is Just Getting Started

Key Findings: Many more chip programs are crossing the tipping point and need advanced…

• 6 min read
AMS , analog behavior , AMS-Designer , AMS Designer , analog behavioral models , analog/mixed-signal , AMS Verification

Virtuosity: 20 Things I Learned in July and August 2014 by Browsing Cadence Online…

Apologies for skipping a month, but things got a bit hectic, so enjoy a double-dose…

• 3 min read
EAD , AMS , Rapid Adoption Kit , ADE XL , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Monte Carlo , Layout , Virtuoso , Virtuosity , statistical corners , Virtuoso Layout Suite , IC 6.1.6

EDA Plus Academia: A Perfect Game, Set and Match

Excuse the tennis analogy, but just coming out of Wimbledon! However, EDA and academia…

• 2 min read
DAC , Carnegie Mellon University , EDA , memory circuit yield , Semiconductor , university program

Virtuosity: 21 Things I Learned in May and June 2014 by Browsing Cadence Online …

Application Notes 1. Setting PVS to QRC av_extracted Flow with tsmc28 (& tsmc40…

• 4 min read
Variability Aware Design , ADE GXL , VSR , Routing , ADE XL , Layout , Spectre , Analog Design Environment , Placement , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL , IC 6.1.6

Virtuosity: 19 Things I Learned in April 2014 by Browsing Cadence Online Support

Plenty to keep you busy this month. Lots of RAKs, videos, and new Quick Start Guides…

• 4 min read
Variability Aware Design , AMS , Virtuoso online support , Routing , ADE XL , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Spectre , Schematic Editor , Virtuosity , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

High Yield Analysis and Optimization - How to Design the Circuit to Six Sigma

Why high yield analysis? One failed memory cell out of millions cells will cause…

• 2 min read
Six Sigma , Virtuoso , Circuit Design , analog design , high yield analysis

How Can You Learn About Mixed-Signal Verification and Implementation Flows at Your…

The vast majority of SoCs today are advanced mixed-signal designs. The old mixed…

• 3 min read
real number modeling , AMS Designer , EDA training , SV-RNM , DMS , mixed signal , Schematic Model Generator , RAKs

What’s New in Virtuoso ADE XL in IC616 ISR6?

In a previous post, I explained the release model used for Virtuoso ADE and ViVA…

• 1 min read
Analog Design Environment , custom IC simulation , ADE XL , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , ADE-XL , Circuit Design , Custom IC Design , IC 6.1.6

Keeping Your Circuit in Tune: Sensitivity Analysis and Circuit Optimization

Anyone who has ever played a musical instrument knows how hard it can be to keep…

• 4 min read
Variability Aware Design , ADE GXL , worst case corners , optimization , Virtuoso , statistical corners , Variation

Virtuosity: 15 Things I Learned in March 2014 by Browsing Cadence Online Support

Highlights for this month include lots of useful Physical Verification System (PVS…

• 2 min read
Variability Aware Design , ADE GXL , Virtuoso , Analog Design Environment , PVS

What's New(-ish) in ADE XL in IC 616 ISR 3?

Development Model for ADE and ViVA Virtuoso Analog Design Environment (ADE) and…

• 1 min read
Analog Design Environment , ADE XL , Custom IC Design , IC 6.1.6

Mismatch Contribution Analysis in Virtuoso Analog Design Environment GXL

When Monte Carlo analysis shows device mismatch variation has become problematic…

• 2 min read
ADE GXL , ADE XL , mismatch variation , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Monte Carlo , mismatch contribution analysis

Efficient Design Migration Using Virtuoso Analog Design Environment GXL

Requirements for decreased time to market, reduced silicon area, and minimized power…

• 2 min read
Analog Design Environment , ADE GXL , ADE XL , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design , Design Migration

Fast Yield Analysis and Statistical Corners

The Virtuoso Analog Design Environment XL Monte Carlo sampling methods are Random…

• 3 min read
ADE GXL , ADE XL , fast yield analysis , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Monte Carlo , statistical corners

Virtuosity: 14 Things I Learned in January and February 2014 by Browsing Cadence…

Time just got away from me last month, so here's two months worth of new content…

• 2 min read
AMS , Corners , ADE , ADE-GXL , PVT corners , Custom IC Design , Virtuoso Layout Suite

What's the Worst that Could Happen?: Worst-Case Corners in ADE GXL

In addition to combinations of temperature range and power supply voltages (usually…

• 2 min read
Variability Aware Design , Corners analysis , worst case corners , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , ADE-GXL , Analog Design Environment

What Your Circuit Doesn't Know, Can Kill It!

Device variation has been a long-standing problem in custom design. Over the years…

• 1 min read
IP , post-extraction , corner , in-design , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , physical implementation , device variation , IC design

Virtuosity: 15 Things I Learned in December 2013 by Browsing Cadence Online Supp…

With this month's title, I'll need to start adding the year, as this marks the one…

• 3 min read
RF Simulation , AMS , Low Power , PCells , ADE , Layout , Virtuoso , Spectre , Analog Design Environment , ADE-XL , PVS , SKILL
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