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Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR2 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR2 production release is now available for download.

Virtuoso Release Team
• 1 min read
IC25.1 , featured , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release Blog Announcement

Spectre 25.1 Release Now Available

The SPECTRE 25.1 release is now available for download at Cadence Downloads. For…

SpectreReleaseTeam
• 1 min read
featured , Spectre FMC Analysis , Spectre RF , Spectre Photonics , Spectre AMS Designer

Accelerating RFIC EM Analysis with EMX Planar 3D Solver in Virtuoso HI Platform

In modern IC design, especially with the rise of heterogeneous integration, electromagnetic…

Pratul Nijhawan
• 6 min read
blended , blended training , featured , Virtuoso Studio , Virtuoso System Design Environment
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Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Rapid Adoption Kits

This post isn't directly about tips and tricks for getting the most out of Virtuoso…

• 1 min read
Virtuoso IC6.1.5 , Rapid Adoption Kit , workshop , analog , Constraint-driven , Virtuoso , ViVA , Connectivity-driven , Custom IC Design , RAKs , Virtuoso Layout Suite XL

A Quick Tutorial on Managing ECOs Using Pcells in Mixed Signal Designs

The purpose for creating a Pcell is to automate the creation of data. Pcells should…

• 3 min read
ECO , Static timing analysis , EDI , mixed signal design , parasitic , IC 6.1 , mixed signal solution , Open Access , STA , timing model , ECOs , mixed-signal ECOs , Mixed-Signal , encounter , Virtuoso , oa , EDIS , ECOs and PCells , Mixed signal physical implementation , mixed signal , signoff , OpenAccess , Virtuoso environment , mixed signal implementation

What is Digitally Assisted Analog Design?

Mixed-signal applications are among the fastest growing segments in the electronics…

• 2 min read
daa , AMS , Low Power , mixed signal design , mixed signal solution , Mixed-Signal , dac2012 , Mixed signal physical implementation , mixed signal , cortex M , DAC 2012 , ARM , boris murmann , digitally assisted analog , mixed-signal verification

CDNLive! -- Real Number Model Development and Application in Mixed-Signal SoC Ve…

With the escalating complexity of analog mixed-signal (AMS) chips, increasing digital…

• 3 min read
real number modeling , CDN Live , CDNLive SV 2012 , CDNLive , AMS Designer , LSI , RNM , behavioral models , CDNLive! , wreal , Luo , Virtuoso environment , AMS Verification , mixed-signal verification , verification

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Change is Here to Stay

Speaking of variation -- and isn't everyone these days -- something strikes me in…

• 4 min read
Variability Aware Design , Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso IC6.1.5 , custom/analog , IC 6.1 , Analog Simulation , IC615 , analog , IC 6.1.5 , ADE , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , variability , Virtuoso , ADE-GXL , Analog Design Environment , ADE-XL , Variation , IC 6.1.4 , Custom IC Design , change

DVCon 2012: Bringing Continuous Domain into SystemVerilog Covergroups

On the last day of February 2012, I presented a proposal at the DVCon 2012 Conference…

• 2 min read
SystemVerilog , coverage , covergroups , Functional Verification , analog , Mixed-Signal , DVcon , real number types , functional coverage , mixed signal , floating point , mixed-signal verification , verification , real number

Learn How to Do Mixed-Signal Design at CDNLive! Silicon Valley

With the theme of Connect, Share and Inspire, this year's CDNLive! Silicon Valley…

• 2 min read
real number modeling , APS , Low Power , mixed signal design , CDNLive SV 2012 , parasitic , IC 6.1 , AMS Designer , CPF , analog , Mixed-Signal , analog behavoral , Virtuoso , RNM , CDNLive! , mixed signal , simulation , verification

Virtuoso AMS Designer Wins the China ACE Best EDA Product Award

The China Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards was established to recognize…

• less than a min read
AMS , Virtuoso-AMS , China , mixed signal design , ACE award , AMS-Designer , AMS Designer , Mixed-Signal , wreal

SKILL for the Skilled: Introduction to Classes -- Part 5

In the previous SKILL for the Skilled postings, we looked at a pretty good algorithm…

• 4 min read
Team SKILL , programming , Sudoku , object orientation , Virtuoso , Lisp , Custom IC Design , SKILL++ , SKILL

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Measurements Across Corners

In Virtuoso IC 6.1.5 ISR6, we released a new feature in ADE XL, which had been requested…

• 1 min read
Corners , Virtuoso IC6.1.5 , custom/analog , IC 6.1 , Corners analysis , IC615 , IC 6.1.5 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Analog Design Environment , ADE-XL , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: We've Got You Cornered

One of the big buzzwords around the EDA world these days is "variation." Don't you…

• 3 min read
Corners , Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso IC6.1.5 , custom/analog , IC615 , analog , IC 6.1.5 , ADE , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Analog Design Environment , ADE-XL , Custom IC Design , corner analysis

Improved IDF Tool Automatically Fixes Design Rule Violations in Virtuoso

Although many automatic layout generation tools are available to automate design…

• 6 min read
design rule violations , IC615 , analog , IC layout , IC 6.1.5 , Virtuoso , error correction , IDF , Custom IC Design , layout optimization , layout correction , interactive design fixing

Behavioral Model Validation with amsDmv

a msDmv (Analog Mixed Signal Design and Model Validation) is an application integrated…

• 4 min read
AMS , Mixed-Signal , analog behavoral , model validation , Virtuoso , behavioral models , mixed signal , amsDMV

Cadence is the OpenText Connectivity Partner of the Year

Cadence is pleased to be honored by the OpenText Global Partners Program as their…

• less than a min read
ExceedOn Demand , OpenText , Exceed on Demand , remote access , analog , connectivity partner , Open Text , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

SKILL for the Skilled: Introduction to Classes -- Part 4

In several previous postings we introduced the problem of solving the sudoku puzzle…

• 6 min read
Team SKILL , programming , Sudoku , object orientation , Virtuoso , Lisp , Custom IC Design , SKILL++ , SKILL

Fred Discovers 1000x-10000x Speedup Using wreal Models

This is the second installment in an ongoing series of blog posts that includes an…

• 1 min read
real value , Verilog-AMS , analog , Mixed-Signal , analog behavoral , Verilog , Virtuoso , Fred , mixed signal , wreal , SPICE

How Fred Discovered Mixed-Signal Behavioral Modeling

Introduction This is the first of a series of blogs where we will add pieces to the…

• 3 min read
AMS , mixed signal design , AMS-Designer , Verilog-AMS , analog , Mixed-Signal , Virtuoso , Fred , assertions , mixed signal , wreal

A Moment to Mourn -- John McCarthy, Father of Lisp

Here lies a Lisper Uninterned from this mortal package Yet not gc'd While we…

• 1 min read
John McCarthy , McCarthy , software development , Lisp , Custom IC Design , SKILL

SKILL for the Skilled: Introduction to Classes -- Part 3

In the previous posting Introduction to Classes -- Part 2 we saw the high level…

• 8 min read
Team SKILL , programming , Sudoku , classes , IC 6.1.5 , object orientation , Virtuoso , Lisp , Custom IC Design , SKILL++ , SKILL

Managing ECOs in Mixed Signal Designs

Imagine you are days away from completing the implementation of a fairly complex…

• 3 min read
ECO , Farhat , mixed signal design , CPF , Open Access , Floorplanning , ECOs , mixed-signal ECOs , Mixed-Signal , encounter , Virtuoso , oa , Mixed signal physical implementation

SKILL for the Skilled: Introduction to Classes -- Part 2

In the previous posting Introduction to Classes -- Part 1 we introduced the problem…

• 3 min read
Team SKILL , programming , object orientation , Virtuoso , Lisp , SKILL++ , SKILL

Bringing Static Analysis Methods to Mixed Signal Designs

Accurate static analysis and complete coverage of the functional space remain very…

• 2 min read
Static timing analysis , static analysis , mixed signal design , full timing model , STA , timing model , analog , FTM , Mixed-Signal , Signal Integrity , OpenAccess , SPICE , liberty model , .lib

SKILL for the Skilled: Introduction to Classes -- Part 1

In the previous couple of SKILL for the Skilled postings, we looked at some of the…

• 3 min read
Sodoku , Team SKILL , programming , classes , object orientation , Virtuoso , object system , Lisp , Custom IC Design , SKILL++ , SKILL , Allegro

Virtuoso Analog Design Environment XL – Data Everywhere, But You Have a Review in…

In my previous blogs , I talked about productivity enhancing features of Virtuoso…

• 2 min read
analog , ADE , Virtuoso , Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso datasheets , Schematic Editor , Custom IC Design , datasheets

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Viva ViVA!

I realize that I have been quite remiss in that I have not yet blogged about the…

• 1 min read
Analog Design Environment , ViVa-XL , Virtuoso IC6.1.5 , Analog Simulation , IC 6.1.5 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , ViVA , ADE-XL , Custom IC Design

Synchronizing Designs and Behavioral Models in Mixed-Signal Flows

The creation of behavioral models is only one part of the process of using those…

• 3 min read
AMS , Virtuoso-AMS , mixed signal design , AMS-Designer , amsDMVAMS-Designer , Verilog-AMS , analog , Mixed-Signal , model validation , mixed signal , wreal

M/S Technology on Tour Blog – Model Validation and Assertion Based Verification

In February 2011, I had the opportunity to meet a group of analog and mixed-signal…

• 5 min read
Virtuoso-AMS , mixed-signal ToT , amsDMVAMS-Designer , Mixed-Signal , SVA , model validation , Virtuoso , PSL , assertions , mixed signal

How to Design Analog/Mixed Signal (AMS) at 28nm

Wireless, networking, storage, computing and FPGA applications have been moving…

• 3 min read
AMS , AMS v2.0 , APS , Virtuoso-AMS , IP , AMS-Designer , reference flow , 28nm , TSMC , analog , Mixed-Signal , LDE , Virtuoso , Spectre , mixed signal
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