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DesignCon 2025 Highlights and Papers on Demand

The Cadence MSA team had a GREAT DesignCon highlighting how Cadence can help you…

MSATeam
• 2 min read
featured , DesignCon , Advanced IC packaging , PCB design

Designing High-Performance Sensor Packages to Ensure Optimized Performance

In an era where technology and connectivity reign supreme, electronic, and mechanical…

Vinod Khera
• 4 min read
featured , IC Packaging , Allegro X Design Platform , EDA , MCAD-ECAD

Machine Learning Is Revolutionizing IBIS-AMI Optimization in High-Speed Design

The complexity of IBIS-AMI models used in simulating serial links has increased to…

MSATeam
• 1 min read
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Cadence and Nvidia to Address EMC Simulation Challenges Using GPU Computing at EMC…

If you have ever had your car audio impacted by driving by power lines, you have…

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EMI , Clarity 3D Transient Solver , GPU , FDTD , NVIDIA , EMC , EMCLive , time domain solver

BoardSurfers: Exchanging Layer Stackup Data Using IPC-2581

Sharing design intent and stackup information with your manufacturer at the beginning…

• 4 min read
17.4 , PCB manufacturing , Gerber , BoardSurfers , IPC , IPC-2581 Consortium , 17.4-2019 , PCB design , PCB data exchnage , Allegro PCB Editor , IPC-2581 , PCB standards , Allegro

IC Packagers: Module Support in IC Package Design

It is quite common to reuse memory stacks across designs. These memory stacks are…

• 2 min read
APD , IC Packaging & SiP design , IC Packagers , Allegro Package Designer , 17.4-2019

BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Manually Placing Components in Allegro PCB Edit…

Component placement is one of the most critical aspects of PCB designing. As the…

• 4 min read
BoardSurfers , 17.4-2019 , PCB design , Training Insights , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro

ASCENT: Workflows in Allegro System Capture

Tight deadlines, multiple people working on a design, inevitable errors…there are…

• 2 min read
business processes , Cadence Design Systems , 17.4 , ECAD , Workflows , 17.4-2019 , Allegro System Capture , Pulse , ASCENT , Allegro

(P)SpiceItUp: Creating Predictable Designs Using Sensitivity Analysis

We all want to be sure, or as sure as we can be, that our products will work as expected…

• 6 min read
OrCAD Capture , PSpiceA/D , PSpice Advanced Analysis

BoardSurfers: Configuring Toolbar Icons for Custom SKILL Menus

Use AXL-SKILL and customized toolbars and icons to access frequently performed tasks…

• 2 min read
APD+ , 17.4 , BoardSurfers , Allegro Package Designer , 17.4-2019 , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro

Sigrity and Systems Analysis 2021.1 HF3 Release Now Available

The Sigrity and Systems Analysis (SIGRITY/SYSANLS) 2021.1 HF3 release is now available…

• 8 min read
Sigrity and Systems Analysis , Celsius Thermal Solver , SPEEDEM , XcitePI , Fluid Library , Sigrity Translators , SPDGEN , Sigrity XtractIM , XMesh , Sigrity PowerDC , Clarity 3D Solver , Parameterization , Liquid Cooling , Clarity 3D Workbench , Oasis2Spd , Leakage Detection

System Analysis Knowledge Bytes: A Quick Overview of Clarity 3D Workbench

Explore electronic packaging design with Clarity 3D Workbench to ensure best use…

• 5 min read
PCB , ports , Sigrity , Clarity 3D Solver , Clarity 3D Workbench , Systems Analysis

IC Packagers: Off-the-Shelf Component Support for IC Package Designs

In Allegro® Package Designer Plus prior to the HotFix 019 of release 17.4-2019, any…

• 2 min read
die stack layers , APD , IC Packaging & SiP design , IC Packagers , Allegro Package Designer , 17.4-2019

ASCENT: Team Collaboration in Allegro System Capture

I know it and you know it. Electronic design cycles are a challenge. All that back…

• 2 min read
17.4 , Team design , 17.4-2019 , Allegro System Capture , ASCENT , team collaboration

BoardSurfers: Detecting Potential Component Lead Assembly Issues

Placing component leads accurately as per the datasheet is an important task while…

• 4 min read
DFA , 17.4 , BoardSurfers , Lead Editor , DesignTrue DFM , 17.4-2019 , Allegro PCB Editor , DFM

BoardSurfers: Have You Heard About Computational Fluid Dynamics Yet?

A guest blog to take your focus away from normal news and feature information that…

• 6 min read
CFD , Marine Engineering , Automotive , boundary layer , T-Rex , Aerospace , Pointwise , International Meshing Roundtable , Wind Study , Computational Fluid Dynamics , CFD Vision 2030 , Aviation , NUMECA , adaptation , Noise Reduction , Meshing , Omnis

(P)SpiceITUp: Managing the Stress Levels of Design Components

I came across a question on a social media site about how to know when the absolute…

• 6 min read
PSpiceA/D , OrCAD , PSpice Advanced Analysis

System Analysis Knowledge Bytes: Computational Fluid Dynamics Roundup – August 2…

Welcome to the Computational Fluid Dynamics Roundup series, your monthly roundup…

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BoardSurfers: Using Regular Expressions in Allegro SKILL

As a developer, you would have often used regular expressions, (\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3})…

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regex , 17.4 , BoardSurfers , PCB design , Allegro Skill , SKILL , Allegro

BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Creating and Applying Spacing Constraint Sets in…

When designing a PCB layout, all the constraints and design rules must be followed…

• 4 min read
17.4 , BoardSurfers , Constraint Manager , Layout , 17.4-2019 , Training Insights , Constraints , Allegro PCB Editor , Allegro

IC Packagers: New Releases Are Full of New Stuff!

This marks our third and final look at the biggest new features in this major update…

• 6 min read
17.4 QIR3 , IC Packaging and SiP , APD , IC Packagers , Allegro Package Designer , 17.4-2019

System Analysis Knowledge Bytes: Signal, Power, and Thermal Integrity using Layout…

The System Analysis Knowledge Bytes blog series explores the capabilities and potential…

• 4 min read
Celsius Thermal Solver , Help Menu , OptimizePI , Sigrity , Clarity 3D Solver , Layout Workbench , XtractIM , PowerDC , Systems Analysis , PowerSI

ASCENT: Accessing System Capture Functions Through a Browser-Based Dashboard

So, if you are an electronics design program manager or team manager, it’s unlikely…

• 2 min read
17.4-2019 , Allegro System Capture , ASCENT , 17.4-QIR3

IC Packagers: What Else Is There to Know About the New Release?

Last week we looked at new features largely targeting your manufacturing flow. Layer…

• 6 min read
17.4 QIR3 , IC Packaging and SiP , APD , IC Packagers , Allegro Package Designer , 17.4-2019

BoardSurfers: Reasons to Move to 17.4-2019 Hotfix019 of Allegro PCB Editor

Cadence OrCAD and Allegro 17.4-2019 Hotfix 019 was rolled out in mid-July and is…

• 4 min read
PCB , Models , BoardSurfers , 3D Canvas , what's new , PCB Editor , Layout , 17.4-2019 , hotfix 019 , Allegro PCB Editor , microvia , 17.4-QIR3 , Allegro

(P)SpiceItUp: Speed and Reliability Through Tried and Tested TI-PSpice Models

When time and quality are at a premium and you are in a hurry to meet a tight schedule…

• 4 min read
17.4 , Models , OrCAD Capture , PSpiceA/D , (P)SpiceItUp , 17.4-2019 , hotfix 019 , library , Allegro

IC Packagers: 17.4-2019 Hotfix 019 Is Here! What Does That Mean?

The HotFix 019 of our 17.4-2019 release is available for download and installation…

• 5 min read
17.4 , IC Packaging , degassing , APD , IC Packaging & SiP design , Allegro Package Designer , 17.4-2019 , ICPackagers , Allegro

ASCENT: More Reasons to Move to 17.4-2019 Hotfix 019

Picking up from where we left off in the previous post , let’s look at some more…

• 4 min read
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Welcome to the Computational Fluid Dynamics Roundup series, your monthly roundup…

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CFD , System Analysis Knowledge Bytes , Pointwise , Computational Fluid Dynamics , NUMECA , Mesh Generation , Meshing , Omnis

ASCENT: Reasons to Move to 17.4-2019 Hotfix 019

“The only constant in life is change” nowhere is this adage truer than in the world…

• 4 min read
17.4 , DRC , logical design , Layout , 17.4-2019 , audit , Allegro System Capture , ASCENT , Schematic , Allegro

IC Packagers: Reuse Wirebond Placement with Place Replicate Modules

Most package designs have wire bonding and reusing the wire bond information for…

• 3 min read
17.4 QIR3 , 17.4 , APD , IC Packaging & SiP design , Allegro Package Designer , 17.4-2019 , ICPackagers
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