How Much Do You Know About Virtuoso Studio?

How much do you know about Virtuoso Studio? Here are the answers to the True or False questions we’re listing each week on Cadence social media channels. Watch for a new question every Friday in 2023.

Learn more about Virtuoso Studio’s advantages. Cadence Virtuoso Studio is our next-generation custom design platform delivering an optimal design experience that meets todays and future custom analog design needs.

Week 4: May 19, 2023

Question: Cadence integrated place and route (P&R) reduces custom layout implementation from days to minutes through enhanced P&R automation engines.

Answer: True

With the automation engines connected through the unified, easy-to-use interface in the familiar Virtuoso Layout Suite, you can build a seamless P&R flow according to your design needs to achieve the best-quality results and accelerate time to results. Read more about integrated place and route. 

Week 3: May 12, 2023

Question: Virtuoso Studio allows heterogenous integration of 2.5D or 3D designs for RF and photonics systems.

Answer: True

Numerous advances in Virtuoso Studio allow designers to meet heterogeneous design challenges like multi-fabric co-analysis of electrical, electromagnetic (EM), and photonic signals, as system-level integration and verification, including power and thermal analysis. Read more about heterogeneous design. 

Week 2: May 5, 2023

Question: Virtuoso Studio cannot support proprietary company tools.

Answer: False

Virtuoso Studio has multiple methods to integrate your personal tools into its standard flows so you can take advantage of your own software genius.  Read more about Virtuoso Studio. 

Week 1: April 28, 2023

Question: Virtuoso Studio is only good for analog design. 

Answer: False

Virtuoso Studio is good for all types of custom designs, and with the support of heterogeneous designs, it can be the starting place for your package and board design needs as well.  Read more about Virtuoso Studio.