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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: 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

Optimization Environment Enables Effective Reuse of Existing Design Modules

In order to complete a brand new design on time, it is an important factor to effectively…

• 1 min read
virtuoso layout migrate , optimization , Virtuoso , reuse , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: RMB, OMG! ;-)

I apologize for the Internet slang in the title ( urbandictionary calls OMG "the…

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IC 6.1 , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Managing Your Real Estate - Part 2

I keep my toothpaste in my bathroom. I keep the paprika in the kitchen. I keep the…

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

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Managing Your Real Estate - Part 1

Yeah, right...in this economy, don't talk to me about real estate. But I'm not talking…

• 3 min read
real estate , Virtuoso , assistants , Custom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Editing Properties

When I was growing up, my mother would usually bake a ham for Christmas dinner. She…

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

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Navigator Assistant

Have you ever found yourself working with a massive schematic having to constantly…

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

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Tabs and Bookmarks

Do you remember the first time you used a browser with tabs? All of a sudden, there…

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

Don't Confuse Primary With Only

Given the small nature of the EDA industry, I have read with some interest company…

• 1 min read
mixed-signal simulators , CDNLive , Primary , analog , Sanyo , Cusstom IC Design

Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Introduction

A while ago, I somehow ended up on the mailing list of a rather odd catalog called…

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

Jurassic Park IV: The Return of ANALOG

In the lab, no one can hear you scream! When I was getting my BSEE in the…

• 2 min read
analog , Incisive , encounter , Virtuoso , RF design , Custom IC Design

An Efficient and Fast Verification Flow for Analog Designs Validation using Virtuoso…

The emergence of sub-micron technologies has enabled today’s designers to include…

• 1 min read
CDNLive , Virtuoso , Spectre , RF design , MDL

Getting a Feel for RF

It was a delight when I read the blog by Bill Schweber of TechOnline's RF DesignLine…

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MMSIM , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , RF design , Circuit Design , Simulators , Custom IC Design

OpenAccess, Its Just a Database…

I suspect that in another year we’ll all stop talking about OpenAccess (OA) like…

• 3 min read
ecosystem , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , PDK , Custom IC Design , Process Design Kit , custom design technology

Part 1 - Constraint-driven Physical Design Speeds Custom IC Design Convergence

In this introductory Part I of V of this blog I will discuss the advanced node design…

• 1 min read
Virtuoso Space-based Router , VSR , IC 6.1 , CMP , chip optimizer , Litho , DFY , CAA , Constraint-driven , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Connectivity-driven , IC 6.1.4 , Custom IC Design , space based router , DFM

IC Design vs. Manufacturing Objectives - Can Both Be Achieved Concurrently?

IC designers and foundries typically have different objectives. IC designers want…

• 3 min read
Chip finishing , Virtuoso Space-based Router , Physical placement and layout , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , IC 6.1.4 , Custom IC Design , custom design technology

Virtuoso, the SATs, and the Dark Knight - Part II

Well, are you still wondering what Virtuoso has to do with the SATs and The Dark…

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Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

Connectivity and Constraint Driven Design: Will It Ever Become The Standard for Custom…

In the late 70's and early 80's system level PCB and Digital IC physical design evolved…

• 6 min read
VSR , Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Custom Placer , CAD , IC 6.1.4 , Custom IC Design , custom design technology , VCP

What’s all the Hoopla with PDKs?

At a purely technical level, Process Design Kits are fairly innocuous. They are used…

• 2 min read
IC 6.1 , Virtuoso , PDK , Custom IC Design , Process Design Kit

Analog Design Validation: What is Your Recipe for Success?

Every analog circuit design goes through some kind of electrical validation step…

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Virtuoso IC 6.1.3 , Virtuoso Analog Design Environment , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design

Virtuoso, the SATs, and The Dark Knight - Part I

You are probably wondering what Virtuoso has to do with the SATs and The Dark Knight…

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

Automated Digital Block Implementation Using Virtuoso

Have you ever found yourself laying out a digital block in Virtuoso where you have…

• 2 min read
VSR , Virtuoso Custom Placer , Virtuoso , Custom IC Design , VCP

Calculating Large Signal Phase Noise Using Transient Noise Analysis

My name is Alan Whittaker and I'm in Cadence's Custom IC Proliferation Group. We…

• 2 min read
PLL , MMSIM , RF design , Circuit Design , Simulators , Custom IC Design

Moving an Ecosystem

Recently, a colleague here at Cadence created the image of an ecosystem , whose existence…

• 1 min read
ecosystem , Virtuoso , CAD , Custom IC Design

Virtuoso MMSIM, Bringing Accuracy and Performance to a Neighborhood Near You

In order to bring our technology and developers closer to you the MMSIM team is…

• less than a min read
MMSIM , workshop , seminar , Custom IC Design

The Value of Virtuoso as an Ecosystem

An ecosystem as defined by Webster's is a "system formed by the interaction of a…

• 3 min read
Virtuoso , Custom IC Design , C++ , SKILL

Video Demo: Spice 2.0 - The ABCs of APS

Designers have had ubiquitous access to powerful SMP/multicore systems for years…

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APS , SMP , Spice 2.0 , multicore , Custom IC Design
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