Virtuoso Video Diary: Self-Paced Learning through Training Bytes

14 Feb 2018 • 4 minute read

Martin Luther King Jr. said: “You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

With schedules that are bursting at the seams, do you wish you could somehow squeeze in time to learn about some awesome Cadence products? Education Services have just the right options for you!

Training Bytes

Training Bytes are very short videos extracted from training courses and cover one small topic each. So, while the training course can take several hours to go through, you can view one topic in a short 5- to 10-minute Training Byte video.

Locating a Training Bytes Video

On the Cadence Online Support site,

Choose Self Learning – Training Bytes (Videos) from the menu to see the list of videos.
Narrow down your search results by selecting a category on the left navigation panel or by typing in a keyword in the Search window.
Click a link to launch a video.

Training Bytes might be grouped into channels. In this case, they appear as shown in the following sample:

From Bytes to Main Courses

Having gone through some bytes, you’ll surely be inspired to step up your expertise. If the idea of going through classroom training daunts you, try our convenient, self-paced Web-based training courses.

To enroll in an online course, browse the Virtuoso Online Training Course Collection.

Training Programs for Layout Design and Advanced Nodes

Click the video links now or visit Cadence Online Support and search for the video under Video Library.

To view these courses, log in using your Cadence Online Support account.

Note: If you don’t have a Cadence Online Support account, you can play this video (mp4) natively in Cadence Help when you are using Virtuoso IC6.1.7/ ICADV12.3 (ISR3 or later). In the Cadence Help Virtuoso Documentation Library, look for the video titles under Video Demos.

Cadence Training Courses	Training Bytes and Channels on Cadence Online Support
Advanced Nodes
Virtuoso Layout for Advanced Nodes 20nm and below layout including MPT, coloring, dummy devices, track patterns for ICADV12.1 and ICADV12.2	Advanced Node Features for ICADV12.1 Advanced Node Features for ICADV12.2
Virtuoso Layout for Advanced Nodes: T1 Place and Route Place and route of FinFets. Introduces the basic concepts of Electromigration (EM) for ICADV12.3	Advanced Node Place and Route
NEW Virtuoso Layout for Advanced Nodes: T2 Electromigration Explore the effects and fixes for electromigration issues. P2T optimization + stranding to reduce EM violations for ICADV12.3*	Advanced Node Electromigration
Layout Design
Virtuoso Layout Pro: T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8 series Short course series on the latest productivity improvements for VLS L, XL, GXL for IC6.1.7	Binder and Extractor Design Creation and Placement Constraint Groups (T3: VLS XL) Cloning in Virtuoso Interactive Routing Constraint-Driven Flow (T4, T5, T6: VLS XL, GXL)
New Virtuoso Abstract Generator Run in Standalone, Tcl and SKILL* Modes; new GUI; dynamic abstract generation for VSR for IC6.1.7, EDI 14.2	Virtuoso Integrated Abstract Generator Dynamic Abstract Generation for VSR Abstract Generation (standalone mode) Run Virtuoso Abstract Generator Using Replay File
Virtuoso Floorplanner Create a top-level floorplan, calculate the area, modify blocks to fit. Includes the SKILL API flow for IC6.1.7	Virtuoso Floorplanner
Virtuoso Space-based Router Focus on the latest VSR capabilities and the new Pin-To-Trunk interactive routing techniques	Create Wire in IC6.1.7 The Wire Assistant in IC6.1.7
New Virtuoso Space-based Router Express Leverage the new VSR Presets feature to streamline interactive layout routing in IC6.1.7 ISR8*	Introduction to Presets

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About Virtuoso Video Diary

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Stephen Hazen and Uma Peethambaran