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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 31 Jul 2025 • 2 min read

Transforming Chip Design with Cadence Cerebrus AI Studio

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

Sean Kobayashi 11 Jun 2025 • 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 13 Mar 2025 • 5 min read

conformal , featured , Digital Implementation , Conformal AI Studio , AI/ML

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Constraint Construction: What's Its Function? Part 4 of 4

This is the last in the series of Constraint Construction blogs ! Today we're going…

archive 9 Apr 2009 • 2 min read

design rules , encounter , rtl compiler , Digital Implementation , modes of operation

Encounter Digital Implementation System 8.1 San Jose Live Blog

I'll be live blogging from the Cadence Campus in San Jose today. We're doing a seminar…

BobD 7 Apr 2009 • less than a min read

Low Power , encounter , Digital Implementation , mixed signal , design closure , Encounter Digital Implementation System 8.1

Great Article by Freescale: Timing Convergence Accross the Flow is "Very Important…

Having consistency and correlation in timing analysis across the design flow is …

archive 27 Mar 2009 • less than a min read

EDN , encounter , Digital Implementation , Encounter Timing System

Get on Board With Bus Guides

One of the coolest new things in Encounter 8.1 is Bus Guides. I know many of you…

Kari 26 Mar 2009 • 2 min read

Bus Guides , encounter , 8.1 , Digital Implementation

'Back to School' in April? Are you Kidding?

No, I am not kidding. in fact, we have planned several 'back to school' seminars…

archive 19 Mar 2009 • 1 min read

digital Implementationg , Low Power , encounter 8.1 , Low-Power , encounter , Manufacturability sign-off , 8.1 , Digital Implementation , "SoC-Encounter" , Encounter Digital Implementation System 8.1

Does Noise Analysis Accuracy Really Matter?

There have been a lot of new faces springing up in the signoff analysis market over…

archive 17 Mar 2009 • 2 min read

Static timing analysis , Signoff Analysis , STA , Advanced Node , Mixed-Signal , 8.1 , Encounter Digital Implementation , CeltIC NDC , Global Timing Debug , SSTA , "SoC-Encounter"

How To Use I/O Rows - It's a Snap!

Have you ever tried manually moving IO cells in your design and thought: "This would…

Kari 9 Mar 2009 • 1 min read

encounter 8.1 , Floorplanning , Digital Implementation , i/o rows

Talk "Low Power" With The Experts

I am very excited about an event that Cadence low-power R&D and technical experts…

archive 9 Mar 2009 • less than a min read

Low Power , Digital Implementation forums , Low-Power , Power-Efficient Design , encounter , Logic Design , 8.1 , Digital Implementation , Encounter Digital Implementation , Encounter Digital Implementation System 8.1 , verification

Constraint Construction: What's Its Function? Part 3 of 4

Part 3. EXCEPTION PATHS: For Every Rule, There Is An Exception More often than not…

archive 6 Mar 2009 • 2 min read

Constraint Design , STA , Encounter Digital Implementation , Encounter Timing System

Demo: Automatic Floorplan Synthesis in Encounter

As an Applications Engineer, the first demonstrations you deliver of a new technology…

BobD 26 Feb 2009 • 1 min read

MasterPlan , Floorplanning , Digital Implementation , Encounter Digital Implementation System 8.1

Turning the Downturn Upside Down

Many bemoan the gloom and doom of the present economic situation, and it is true…

Chi Ping Hsu 20 Feb 2009 • 1 min read

Low Power , OVM , MIPI , encounter , Virtuoso , Spectre , Digital Implementation , Chi-Ping

Constraint Construction: What's Its Function? Part 2 of 4

Part 2 - I/O TIMING: Talking Outside The Box It wouldn't be a chip or block if it…

archive 18 Feb 2009 • 3 min read

Constraint Design , STA , Encounter Digital Implementation , Encounter Timing System

Constraint Construction: What's Its Function? Part 1 of 4

Have you found yourself frustrated at the lack of some decent timing constraints…

archive 9 Feb 2009 • 3 min read

Constraint Design , SoC-Encounter , Digital Implementation forums , SoC-Encounter 8.1 , 8.1 , Digital Implementation , Encounter Digital Implementation , Encounter Timing System , "SoC-Encounter"

How to Create a Repeating Power Switch Pattern with addPowerSwitch

I mentioned in my last post that I'd been having lots of fun with power switches…

Kari 9 Feb 2009 • 2 min read

Low Power , Digital Implementation , addpowerswitch

Programmatically Troubleshooting Timing Violations With "report_timing -collection…

Has something like the following ever happened to you? You've placed and optimized…

BobD 9 Feb 2009 • 4 min read

Static timing analysis , CTE-TCL , Digital Implementation , scripting , tcl

Demo and Interview: The Encounter Foundation Flow

One of the new features I mentioned in my previous entry on 3 Reasons You'll Want…

BobD 29 Jan 2009 • 5 min read

Flows , 8.1 , Encounter Digital Implementation

A dbGet Code Example

I've been having a lot of fun with power switch cells lately. That's a whole other…

Kari 28 Jan 2009 • 3 min read

database access , SoC-Encounter , dbGet , dbSet , Digital Implementation

ST Microelectronics – A Fountain-head of Design Innovations

In my last blog, I asked all of you to send me your design innovations. Thanks for…

RahulD 22 Jan 2009 • 1 min read

SoC-Encounter , SoC-Encounter 8.1 , Digital Implementation , Encounter Digital Implementation , "SoC-Encounter"

Cool Way to Add Vias!

I knew this functionality existed, but I hadn't really put it to use until yesterday…

Kari 14 Jan 2009 • 1 min read

SoC-Encounter , via , Digital Implementation , Add Via

Coming This Friday January 9th: Encounter Digital Implementation Office Hours

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a restful, enjoyable and healthy holiday…

BobD 5 Jan 2009 • 1 min read

Digital Implementation forums , chat , Encounter Digital Implementation

It’s the Season of Giving – Send Me Your Design Innovations!

In the last blog, I wrote about innovating your way out of recession with new designs…

RahulD 19 Dec 2008 • 2 min read

digital Implementationg , innovation , encounter

Become an Encounter Digital Implementation System Specialist and Win Cool Prizes

Last week, we announced the Encounter Digital Implementation System along with a…

BobD 11 Dec 2008 • less than a min read

3 Reasons Why You Will Want to Download Encounter 8.1

Today is a big day in Digital Implementation land here at Cadence. Looking around…

BobD 3 Dec 2008 • less than a min read

Flows , SoC-Encounter 8.1 , Low-Power , Digital Implementation , Floorplanning and Prototyping

Innovate Your Way Out of Recession With the New Encounter!

It's official! The U.S. economy has been in a recession for the past year. …

RahulD 3 Dec 2008 • 2 min read

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