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Himax Accelerates Chip Design with Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer

Himax Technologies Inc ., a leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display…

Vinod Khera
• 2 min read
featured , Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer , Digital Implementation , AI/ML

Transforming Chip Design with Cadence Cerebrus AI Studio

Cadence is transforming chip design with the launch of Cadence Cerebrus ® AI Studio…

Sean Kobayashi
• 1 min read
digital design , featured , agentic ai , designed with cadence , Cadence Cerebrus

Conformal AI Studio: Accelerated LEC/ECO/LP with AI/ML-Driven Enhancements

If you're a chip designer or verification engineer, you have likely spent countless…

David Stratman
• 5 min read
conformal , featured , Digital Implementation , Conformal AI Studio , AI/ML
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The Case for the Tiny Testcase

I often joke with customers that, although I realize they have to work on large designs…

• 2 min read
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Transitioning Your LEF-Based EDI System Design Flow to OpenAccess

The trend of combining analog and digital circuits on a single chip has been growing…

• 4 min read
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Why You Should Be Running Early DRC

Everyone knows you have to run signoff DRC before you tape out a design. Sometimes…

• 3 min read
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Simple Steps to Debug DRC Violations Undetected in EDI System

You've placed and routed your design in the Encounter Digital Implementation (EDI…

• 4 min read
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In Case You Missed It – The Most Popular EDI System Knowledge Content Published in…

I mentioned in my first blog one of my roles in customer support is to identify and…

• 2 min read
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How To: Bring Up Encounter "man" Pages from a UNIX Prompt

Okay, this one is too cool not to share. The other day a customer and I were trying…

• 1 min read
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10 Encounter Tips and Tricks You May Not Be Aware Of

In looking over the shoulders of Encounter users over the years I've found there…

• 1 min read
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Capturing and Processing Encounter Console Output with "redirect"

In my last post I wrote about writing more compact db access scripts with dbGet's…

• 4 min read
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Improve Your Productivity With Rapid Adoption Kits (RAKs) for Encounter Digital Implementation…

As you know, Cadence Online Support is your 24/7 site for getting help and resolving…

• 2 min read
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EDI System’s get_metric Command Makes Metrics Reporting Quick and Easy

In this blog post I want to highlight the command get_metric that was introduced…

• 3 min read
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Writing More Compact Encounter Scripts with dbGet Expressions

Querying the Encounter database with dbGet is typically pretty concise to begin with…

• 3 min read
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Adding Custom Shapes and Text is New and Improved in EDI System 11

You may have noticed that in the Encounter Digital Implementation (EDI) System 11…

• 4 min read
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Understanding the Encounter Power System (EPS) Reports Dir…

No matter how you run your power analysis - with Encounter Power System (EPS) or…

• 3 min read
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When One Via Just Doesn’t Cut It – Recommended Settings for NanoRoute Including Multi…

Maximizing the usage of Multi-cut vias by the router is one key to improving yield…

• 2 min read
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Collaboration, Concurrency, and Convergence: CDNLive! Silicon Valley 2012

I was out in San Jose last week for CDNLive! Silicon Valley 2012 -- our US user's…

• 3 min read
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Getting Started with EDI 11 – Be Aware of OS and Design Import Changes So Your Migration…

Hello, and welcome to my first blog! As an application engineer in customer support…

• 2 min read
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Selective Blockage In EDI 11

Today I'd like to highlight one of the new features in Encounter Digital Implementation…

• 1 min read
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Where To Find More Encounter Digital Implementation (EDI) System…

We've had some people joining the forum lately that are either brand-new to Encounter…

• 1 min read
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Default Naming Conventions in Encounter Digital Implementation…

This is a topic that frequently comes up on both internal and external forums. And…

• 2 min read
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Change The Background Color Of EDI

Today's tutorial could probably be called a One-Minute Tutorial, since it's so quick…

• 1 min read
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Multiple View-Only Windows In EDI

Have you ever had a situation where you want to compare two (or more) different areas…

• 1 min read
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Avoid SI Problems With Better Pin Placement In Encounter Digital…

I know we're over halfway through January already (where does the time go?), but…

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assignPtnPin , SI analysis , noise analysis , encounter , pin placement , EDI 10.1 , Digital Implementation , five minute tutorial

CDNLive! Silicon Valley 2012 Abstracts Due November 11th, 2011

The Call for Papers for CDNLive! Silicon Valley 2012 is open now through Friday November…

• 1 min read
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Encounter Quick Tip: Dimming the Display with F12

I remember when I first started working with the Cooper & Chyan Technology (CCT)…

• 1 min read
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Encounter Quick Tip: Finding Available Cell Masters with dbGet

When you first start using dbGet, many of your queries branch off the "top" keyword…

• 1 min read
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Five-Minute Tutorial: The Encounter Digital Implementation Cell Viewer

How many times have you wanted to look at a certain standard cell in the Encounter…

• 1 min read
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Finding EDI Videos

I've seen a few requests in the forums asking about EDI videos. Today I will show…

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Five-Minute Tutorial: Save Time With The Right Mouse Button

How many times have you done this: you want to flip or rotate a cell in your design…

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