The Year That Was: Knowledge Booster Training Bytes Blog and Video Highlights from 2024

Happy New Year!

As we welcome 2025, it seems appropriate to take a moment to review the most-read blogs of 2024. In this special blog, we will provide an overview of the most significant achievements and innovations of the past year.

In 2024, we published an additional 19 Knowledge Booster and other training-related blogs, with the objective of ensuring that our readers are kept fully informed of the new features and enhancements that are being made to the Virtuoso releases.

In addition, we are pleased to have presented three webinars on a variety of subjects. For those who were unable to attend, the recordings and information on upcoming webinars can be found here.

We are also pleased to invite customers to participate in live training sessions at one of our Cadence offices or at your location. These sessions are conducted by our team of experienced engineers and provide an opportunity for hands-on learning.

Alternatively, we can arrange a blended training program that combines online and in-person interaction to meet your specific needs.

Most Viewed Blogs

We have published some very popular blogs across product areas: Virtuoso Studio, Pegasus Verification System, Virtuoso Layout Suite, Virtuoso ADE Product Suite, and many more.

A big thank you to all the colleagues who regularly published blogs with the latest interesting training bytes and training materials. Here are the links to some of the most popular blogs.

• Rapid Prototyping of Analog Circuits with Verilog-A Modeling
• Knowledge Booster Training Bytes: Unlocking Advanced SKILL IDE Features
• Physical Verification Language Rules Writer – New Internet Course Is Out Now!
• Knowledge Booster Training Bytes – Accelerate Layout Implementation with Environment and Basic Commands in VLS
• Performing Automated Analog Checks By UVM-MS Verification Environment
• Virtuoso Studio IC 23.1: Explore the Amazing Features of Net Tracer
• Knowledge Booster Training Bytes - Virtuoso Studio Visualization and Analysis XL

All in all, the Knowledge Booster Training Bytes blog series provides a very comprehensive overview of the products listed above and other Custom IC products.

Most Viewed Training Byte Videos Within the Blogs

Here is a list of the most viewed training byte videos within the blogs:

• Virtuoso Schematic Editor (Video Channel)
• Cadence Training Learning Maps - Custom IC, Analog, Microwave and RF Design (Video)
• Navigator Changes – Overview
• Creating a Verilog-A Module in the Text Mode from the Command Line
•  What Is the SKILL IDE?
• PVS Quantus QRC Overview (Video)

RAKs

Please also consider our Rapid Adoption Kits on COS, which are continuously updated. Here are some recently published Rapid Adoption Kits.

• Running Pegasus DRC/LVS/FILL in Batch Mode
• Virtuoso Schematic Migration
• Quantus UI 001: Working with the Setup Tab
• Using Virtuoso Application Library Environment (VALE) for Pattern-Based Layout Optimization (PBLO) in Virtuoso
• Virtuoso Layout (EXL) for Photonics Designers
• Introduction to Net Tracer

New Digital Badges

Some of the newly created digital badges are shown here. 

If you’re interested to know what other badges are currently being offered by Cadence, see Become Cadence Certified.

New Trainings Released in 2024

Following are the two new trainings released in 2024.

Virtuoso RF Solution Electromagnetic Analysis of ICs Using EMX Solver

Electromagnetic Simulations Using the EMX Solver

Accelerated Learning

We introduced our new online training option, accelerated learning, which will help you learn Cadence technical content quickly and effectively.

Before starting an accelerated online course, take a pre-quiz to assess current knowledge, skip familiar content, and achieve training goals more quickly.

Please find further guidance and explanations in this blog.

The accelerated learning option is currently available for the following Analog and Custom Design online trainings.

• Quantus Transistor-Level T1: Overview and Technology Setup
• Quantus Transistor-Level T2: Parasitic Extraction
• Quantus Transistor-Level T3: Extracted View Flows and Advanced Features
• Spectre Simulator Fundamentals S2: Large-Signal Analyses
• Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Assembler S3: Sweeping Variables and Simulating Corners
• Virtuoso Layout Pro: T7 Module Generator and Floorplanner

Interesting News From 2024

Here is some interesting news from 2024 that we would like to share:

We are very proud that we have developed and released our Onboarding Curriculum especially for new hires so that they can ramp up quickly in the tools and technologies that will make them productive. Read more in this blog.

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About Knowledge Booster Training Bytes

Knowledge Booster Training Bytes is an online journal that relays information about Cadence Training videos, online courses, and upcoming webinars that are available in the Learning section of the Cadence Learning and Support portal. This blog category brings you direct links to these videos, courses, and other related material, on a regular basis. You can subscribe to the blog series to stay up to date about new trainings and training videos available at our newly designed Cadence Training site.

Parul Agrawal, on behalf of the Cadence Training team