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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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Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: ADE XL -- Where Did My Data Go?

Last week I got to attend a "Social Media Summit" here at Cadence. Jeepers, a "summit…

• 3 min read
Analog Simulation , analog , ADE , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , ADE-XL , IC 6.1.4 , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Outputs Setup in ADE XL

Continuing on our exploration of ADE XL (see here and here for previous articles…

• 5 min read
IC 6.1 , Analog Simulation , analog , ADE , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , ADE-GXL , ADE-XL , IC 6.1.4 , Custom IC Design

Analog Design vs. Automation -- Why Are They At Odds?

Back in 2002 and 2003 there was a lot of talk about analog synthesis being the …

• 2 min read
IC 6.1 , Bleasdale , analog , ADE , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , optimization , Virtuoso , ADE-GXL , ADE-XL , Parasitic analysis , Circuit Design , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: ADE XL Test Setup

In my last post , I left you in suspense, with your mouse hovering over the words…

• 4 min read
IC 6.1 , ADE , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , ADE-XL , IC 6.1.4 , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: ADE XL

I know, it's been a long time since my last post. You see, we've finally arrived…

• 5 min read
IC 6.1 , ADE , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , ADE-XL , IC 6.1.4 , Custom IC Design

ARM And Cadence Get To The “Core” Of Mixed-Signal Design

An increasing number of analog and mixed-signal designs in automotive, power management…

• 4 min read
Cortex , analog , Mixed-Signal , Virtuoso , Cortex-M0 , mixed signal , ARM

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: It's Video Time!

Just a quick post to let you know that there have recently been a whole truckload…

• 1 min read
IC 6.1 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , ADE-XL , IC 6.1.4 , Custom IC Design

Video Demo: Your Maiden Voyage Across OCEAN

I still remember my first encounter with OCEAN. It was 2002 and my co-worker had…

• 1 min read
OCEAN-XL , ocean , ADE , Spectre , ADE-XL , Custom IC Design , SKILL

Exceed On Demand And Virtuoso IC6.1

Many of our customers use our Virtuoso software in combination with the windows…

• less than a min read
IC 6.1 , OpenText , Exceed on Demand , Virtuoso , Cusstom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: IC 6.1.4 ADE Enhancements

I'm not going to beat around the bush here. I could tell you about all the things…

• 2 min read
Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , IC 6.1.4 , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Thumbnails

Boy, you must think we're a few sandwiches short of a picnic over here at Cadence…

• 1 min read
IC 6.1 , thumbnails , Virtuoso , IC 6.1.4 , Custom IC Design

Analog Behavioral Modeling - What Language Do You Speak?

An increasing number of mixed-signal design teams are contemplating adding analog…

• 2 min read
mixed-signal simulators , MMSIM , analog , Mixed-Signal , Block-level simulation , AMS simulation , Circuit Design , mixed signal , Custom IC Design , Custim IC Design , Cusstom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Options? What Options?

Recently, I got involved in helping out a customer who had become frustrated using…

• 1 min read
IC 6.1 , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso , IC 6.1.4 , Custom IC Design

Virtuoso Layout Migrate - 614 Enhancements

Hi, I'm Thibault Alix and I have been working with the VLM team for two years. I…

• 1 min read
Layout Migrate , Virtuoso , IC 6.1.4 , VLM , Custim IC Design , SKILL

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: IC 6.1.4 (VSE L)

By now, you've surely heard the news. And if you haven't yet, you have now. Virtuoso…

• 3 min read
Virtuoso , IC 6.1.4 , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: ViVA (Part 4 of 4)

Today, we're going to take on the somewhat daunting topic of the ViVA Calculator…

• 4 min read
ViVa-XL , IC 6.1 , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About The Rhinovirus and ViVA (Part 3)

Okay, so I really have no idea how to tie those 2 things together, but I ran across…

• 3 min read
ViVa-XL , IC 6.1 , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: ViVA (Part 2)

This week's installment, boys and girls, is brought to you by the letters H, V, m…

• 3 min read
ViVa-XL , IC 6.1 , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

Things You Wish You'd Thought Of...But You're Glad Someone Did!

On Tuesday this week we are celebrating "Innovation Day" here at Cadence, honoring…

• 1 min read
innovation , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: ViVA

Sorry I've been missing from this space for so long. I've been busily working on…

• 3 min read
ViVa-XL , IC 6.1 , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso ADE

After delving into lots of new features in the Virtuoso Schematic Editor, the Library…

• 3 min read
Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: RTFM

Wait, don't run away! In this case I really mean " Read The Fantastic Manual ". A…

• 2 min read
IC 6.1 , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming...

I thought I would have time for a regular TYDKAV (Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso…

• 1 min read
ViVa-XL , IC 6.1 , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Customizing the Library Manager

I've told you in previous postings about some new features in Virtuoso IC6.1 which…

• 3 min read
IC 6.1 , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

DesignCon 2010 Call for Papers

Hello, As a member of the technical committee and as the chair member for the Analog…

• less than a min read
DesignCon , Advanced Node , Mixed-Signal , RF design , mixed signal , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Search Assistant

People say I have strong google-fu . Whether it's finding information on a homework…

• 3 min read
IC 6.1 , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: The View From Above

A few years ago I bought a wonderful book called "Earth From Above". An amazing French…

• 2 min read
Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Layout Suite L , Virtuoso , VLS L , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Which Way Should I "Go"?

Just a short post this week, as I've been quite busy recording videos for some of…

• 2 min read
IC 6.1 , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design
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