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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 OrCAD and Allegro 17.4-2019 HotFix SPB17.40.028 is Now Available

The HotFix 028 (QIR4, indicated as 2022 in the application splash screens) update…

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Wouldn’t it be convenient if you could customize how to view and access your PCB…

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Sigrity and Systems Analysis 2022.1 Release Now Available

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Sigrity and Systems Analysis , Celsius Thermal Solver , Sigrity PowerSI , Mesh Refinement , OrCAD/Allegro 17.4 (SPB174) , Sigrity SPEEDEM , Clarity 3D Solver , Layout Workbench

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17.4 , PSpiceA/D , (P)SpiceItUp , 17.4-2019 , OrCAD , PSpice Advanced Analysis , simulation

BoardSurfers: Installation Know-How: Configuring OrCAD and Allegro Installations…

Often, you install the Cadence products with default settings and that suffices to…

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Installation Know-How , 17.4 , BoardSurfers , Allegro OrCAD Installer , 17.4-2019 , OrCAD , installation , Allegro

System Analysis Knowledge Bytes: Tips for Accelerating Power Signoff in Chip-package…

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Voltus IC Power Integrity Solution , Chip-package Co-analysis , PLOC GROUPING OPTIMIZATION , Sigrity XtractIM , PLOC

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Today we take a break from our regular posts on Allegro System Capture features and…

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Welcome to 2022: A World of Possibilities in IC Packaging!

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17.4 , IC Packaging , APD , IC Packaging & SiP design , Allegro Package Designer , 17.4-2019

(P)SpiceITUp: Using Monte Carlo to Make Sense of Randomness and Calculate Yield

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OrCAD Capture , PSpiceA/D , (P)SpiceItUp , 17.4-2019 , PSpice Advanced Analysis

ASCENT: Configuring Design Constraints the Easy Way

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The Year That Was: Cadence PCB Design Blogs in 2021

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BoardSurfers , (P)SpiceItUp , PSPICE , Training Insights , Allegro System Capture , Allegro PCB Editor , ASCENT , Allegro

System Analysis Knowledge Bytes: A Quick Overview of Task Assistant in Clarity 3D…

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BoardSurfers: Training Insights: Creating and Managing Copper Shapes in Allegro PCB…

In multilayer PCB designs, copper areas have many uses and are critical to the performance…

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(P)SpiceITUp: Using Curve-Fitting to Optimize a Design

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System Capture , 17.4 , 17.4-2019 , design , ASCENT , library , Schematic , Allegro

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