Cadence’s Training and Education Journey Through 2025

23 Jan 2026 • 5 minute read

As we step into 2026, it's a great time to reflect on the most popular blogs and videos from the past year, and to review key developments in education throughout 2025.

In 2025, we published 9 of fresh Training Blogs each unlocking secrets of System Design and Verification.

We’d like to express our sincere appreciation to all our colleagues who consistently contribute insightful and engaging content—sharing valuable teaching and learning resources with the community.

Below, you'll find links to some of the most viewed Blogs, Training Byte videos, Webinars and RAKs.

Among the Blogs, Two Stood Out Like Beacons for Learners Everywhere

The blog about a free online course on Tcl scripting that empowered both beginners and experts which is a creation from the old combined Tcl/Tk course. It has and audio transcript for self-paced learning. In the meantime, the Introduction to Tk training has also been released.

Apart of this there was a blog about a deep dive into the art of debugging with Verisium WaveMiner —a tool that became a hero for engineers chasing efficiency. WaveMiner, part of the Verisium Suite, transforms regression debugging. It pinpoints critical signals and timepoints, visualizes root causes, and dramatically reduces debug effort. For designers and verification engineers, that means higher efficiency and better outcomes. Discover how WaveMiner can revolutionize your workflow.

But the Learning Didn´t Stop There

Videos brought concepts to life like:

Exploring the Protium Flow which gives high level steps to process a design to run on Protium system
Jasper FPV App - this video shows how to run the Jasper tool using a TCL file, steps for design bring-up, and how to perform reset and clock analysis. You’ll also get an overview of FPV App features and learn to use key options in the FPV App GUI.

For Those Who Missed the Live Energy of Our Webinars

You can find the recording of the Training Webinar on Protium X3: Using FullVision for Debugging stored here. Discover how the Cadence Protium X3 simplifies your debugging process in this free technical Training Webinar. We'll show you how FullVision on Protium X3 lets you dump all design signals at once, eliminating the need for multiple recompilations!

Additionally, we offered Streamlining Digital Front-End Design and Verification with Cadence Tools, a two-part, extended webinar series conducted on November 13 and 18.

Day-1:

Plan, Simulate and Debug with Cadence Tools

Day-2:

Regressions, Coverage Integration, and Verification Closure with Cadence Tools

Topics include:

SystemVerilog testbench development
Metric Driven Verification (MDV) and first-phase planning
UVM methodology for building verification infrastructure
Simulation with Xcelium Logic Simulator
Debugging with Verisium Debug
Regression management, metrics, runs, vPlan analysis, and coverage aggregation with Verisium Manager
Real-time progress monitoring and gap analysis
Hardware acceleration and emulation with Palladium Z3
Integrating simulation, formal, and emulation coverage in Verisium Manager

Watch the recordings. You’ll get essential insights as industry experts guide you through a complete, integrated verification flow, from initial design to coverage closure. Learn about interactive features, experience live tool demonstrations, and much more.

Behind the scenes, the ASK portal transformed into something extraordinary. Powered by generative AI, the new ASK Assistant became a trusted guide, answering questions with intelligence and speed.

Rapid Adoption Kits (RAKs) continued to accelerate success, introducing advanced modeling techniques and debugging strategies that felt almost futuristic:

Digital Badges

We should definitely not forget to mention our digital badges as well - symbols of achievement, proof of mastery. Learners proudly displayed them, each one telling a story of persistence and growth, please find some of the newly created here:

And the most popular in 2025

You can find an overview of all available Badges here.

For those craving more, Cadence always opens its doors for "live training" sessions, "Blended" training and flexible online options.

Find Some of Our Most Popular Online Trainings Here:

SystemVerilog Accelerated Verification with UVM

Digital IC Design Fundamentals

Verilog Language and Application

And Here Is Some More Interesting News from 2025

Perhaps the most thrilling development was the launch of Accelerated Learning. Imagine skipping what you already know, diving straight into what matters most, and reaching your goals faster than ever before. That dream became reality end of 2024, this option has been added to many more trainings during 2025, setting the stage for even more innovation in 2026. A small choice of trainings for which this option is available:

Thank you for your incredible commitment! Let’s make the upcoming year a time of bold ideas and meaningful achievements together.

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