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Analog/Custom Design: Virtuoso Video Diary: Knowledge Booster - 5G mmWave Handset System Design

Parula

In this blog we would like to let you know – amongst other things - how to implement a transceiver RFIC module of a 5G mmWave mobile handset working at 28GHz using the Cadence Virtuoso multi-technology framework.
- 8 Apr 2021
カスタムIC／ミックスシグナル: Virtuoso Video Diary: Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XLのTabular Graph

Custom IC Japan

読者の皆様、こんにちは。今回は、Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XLのエキサイティングな機能であるTabular Graphについてご紹介したいと思います。 IC6.1.8 ISR14/ICADVM20.1 ISR14で導入されたTabular Graph機能は、信号を表形式の列にプロットすることができます。これまでは、選択した信号を右クリックして Send To -> Table オプションを選択すると、総合的な波形データを...
- 8 Apr 2021
Breakfast Bytes: Cadence/Samsung Automotive Reference Flow

Paul McLellan

Today, Cadence and Samsung announced the availability of an Automotive Reference Flow for Samsung Foundry's 14LPU process technology. In the press release back in 2016 when the process was first announced, Samsung said: Samsung’s fourth-ge...
- 8 Apr 2021
Breakfast Bytes: Benedict Evans on Tech in 2021

Paul McLellan

Benedict Evans used to work in Silicon Valley for Andreesen-Horowitz (a16z) but he returned to the UK (he's British). But one thing hasn't changed—he still does a big Powerpoint early in the year about the major internet trends that are driving...
- 7 Apr 2021
System, PCB, & Package Design : BoardSurfers: Installation Know-How: Using Third-Party Tools with Cadence OrCAD and Allegro Products

Shikha Jain

The add-on model is applicable everywhere! You can choose a basic version of the car and add-on products make it faster, nicer, or more special. Air travel add-on includes seat reservation, food, priority check-in, and extra baggage. When you purchas...
- 6 Apr 2021
Breakfast Bytes: Gall's Law and Big Ball of Mud

Paul McLellan

Gall's Law says: A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working...
- 6 Apr 2021
Analog/Custom Design: Virtuoso Video Diary: Incremental Simulations with Enhanced Reference Histories and New Merge Histories Feature

Amit Sanadhya

Gone are the days of exporting results from multiple interactive runs and combining them into Excel spreadsheets for analysis. The new Reference Histories and Merge Histories flows address all these concerns. Click here to know more.
- 5 Apr 2021
Spotlight Taiwan: RF/微波設計隨選豐富影片信手拈來!

candyyu

Cadence 團隊為客戶精選從去年至今年RF/微波設計一系列精采演講，內容涵蓋Cadence如何整合RF/微波設計的產品組合，提供市場上最全面的RF設計解決方案，以及進一步運用其特色增強設計並提高生產率! 本系列影片由Cadence AWR 產品部及RF 微波應用專家Milton Lien博士精彩講解，若您已錯過先前演說，那麼請把握Cadence精選視頻重播，只要註冊Cadence.com加入會員，豐富資訊即可信手捻來! 1. 使用Cadence AWR軟體為高功率RF應用設計GaN功率放...
- 5 Apr 2021
Breakfast Bytes: Dynamic Duo 2: The Sequel

Paul McLellan

There's a story, probably apocryphal, about a screenwriter pitching a movie in Hollywood. The potential producer says "It looks like a great movie. It's a pity nobody has made it already so we could make the sequel". Given that almost every other mov...
- 5 Apr 2021
Computational Fluid Dynamics: This Week in CFD

Paul McLellan

It’s a good Friday for the latest roundup of CFD flotsam and jetsam from the ocean that is the internet. [Making this the Great CFD Garbage Gyre?] We use the marine theme because, for unexplained reasons, there are a lot of marine applications ...
- 2 Apr 2021
System, PCB, & Package Design : ASCENT: Ready, Steady, Design ... Even With Existing Libraries

Rachna2018

After a quick overview of Allegro® System Capture, let’s start at the very beginning of the design process. Where are the parts? What parts can you use when creating an Allegro System Capture logical design? Parts, as you know, are the basi...
- 1 Apr 2021
Breakfast Bytes: Offtopic: Podcasts

Paul McLellan

Tomorrow is another Cadence global holiday. None of us will be working and Breakfast Bytes will not appear. I rather like these special Cadence holidays, compared to true public holidays, since most people are working. If you go to a park, the p...
- 1 Apr 2021
カスタムIC／ミックスシグナル: Virtuoso Meets Maxwell: EMX Planar 3D Solverで受動素子と能動素子を持つRFブロックをシミュレートするには？

Custom IC Japan

'Virtuoso Meets Maxwell' はVirtuoso RFソリューションとVirtuoso MultiTechの機能及びその潜在能力の紹介を目的としたブログの連載です。ではどのようにVirtuosoがMaxwellと出会うのでしょうか。現在、VirtuosoプラットフォームはRF設計をサポートしており、RF設計者は物理的な放射の影響をマクスウェルの方程式で測ります。この連載では、有益なソフトウェアの改善点にスポットを当てて解説するだけでなく、VirtuosoのIC...
- 1 Apr 2021
カスタムIC／ミックスシグナル: Start Your Engines: SimVision Mixed-Signal Debug Optionを使ってル・マンで優勝する

Custom IC Japan

Cadence® Spectre® AMS Designer は、高いパフォーマンスのミックスシグナル・シミュレーション・システムです。複数エンジンの使用や、さまざまなプラットフォームから実行できる機能により、ミックスシグナル・デザイン検証を「活性化」し、市場競争でチェッカーフラッグを受けることができます。Start Your Enginesブログ・シリーズは、シミュレーションのパフォーマンスをチューンアップし、生産性向上に役立つヒントと洞察を提供します。 Bonjou...
- 1 Apr 2021
Computational Fluid Dynamics: Resolving Boundary Layers with Unstructured Quad and Hex Meshing: On-Demand Webinar

Paul McLellan

All things being equal, CFD practitioners prefer to use hexahedral mesh cells in the boundary layer for the improved robustness and accuracy they bring to the flow solver. Traditionally, a hex grid would be created using a structured grid technique (...
- 31 Mar 2021
Breakfast Bytes: The First Commercial Computer Shipped 70 Years Ago Today

Paul McLellan

Today is the 70th anniversary of a very significant event in all our lives, even if few of us were alive back then. Exactly 70 years ago, March 31, 1951, the first commercial computer shipped. You might assume that the first computer was shipped...
- 31 Mar 2021
System, PCB, & Package Design : (P)SpiceItUp: Generating ISO 7637-2 Standard Pulse 2a in PSpice A/D

Shailly

Many times, you would have required to create a standard pulse waveform that can be used for testing devices as per the industry standard. One good example is to simulate the ISO 7637-2 transient at the schematic design stage. This practice ensures t...
- 30 Mar 2021
Digital Design: Library Characterization Tidbits: Define Measurements to Suit Your Characterization Requirements

Jommy

Do you have a requirement to specify measurements that are not default while performing memory characterization? Liberate MX has a solution for you.
- 30 Mar 2021
定制IC芯片设计 : Virtuoso Meets Maxwell：为什么没有提到引线键合IC？

Steve PDK Lee

当今的许多模拟，RF和混合信号设计都要求在同一模组内部集成多个不同工艺的IC，以实现所需的性能目标。设计师使用异构器件集成方法能够获得单片IC (SoC) 设计上不容易达到的结果。与此同时对设计师而言，异构集成也是全新的挑战。
- 29 Mar 2021
Breakfast Bytes: Intel IDM 2.0

Paul McLellan

You've probably read in the press that Intel's new CEO, Pat Gelsinger, laid out his vision for Intel's future last week. You probably also know that, as he put it, "I've spent four decades in this industry, three of them here at ...
- 29 Mar 2021
Analog/Custom Design: Spectre Tech Tips: Detecting Leakage Path Current Hotspots

Stefan Wuensche

In circuit design, wrong connectivity may cause undesired leakage paths that may result in current hotspots. These current hotspots can be quickly identified with Spectre’s dynamic design checks. This blog describes how to use the Spectre design checks to identify the root cause of leakage path current hotspots.
- 28 Mar 2021
Digital Design: Pegasus: Get Your Wings: Virtuoso/Pegasus In-Design Signoff

Sarita Sharma

The beauty of Pegasus is that it doesn’t only work excellently in standalone mode but also seamlessly integrates with other tools such as the industry-standard Virtuoso custom/analog platform and enables users to complete advanced-node DRC in h...
- 26 Mar 2021
Breakfast Bytes: Stopping Online Fraud

Paul McLellan

I attended a webcast on Anti-Fraud organized by the RSA Conference in the leadup to the conference itself. It will be virtual, of course, and it will be held from May 17 to 20. If any aspect of your job involves security, or you are just interested, ...
- 26 Mar 2021
Analog/Custom Design: Virtuoso Video Diary: Tabular Graph in Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XL

YaswanthSai D

Do you know you can now use Tabular Graph feature in Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XL to analyze waveform data. Click here to know more.
- 25 Mar 2021
Academic Network: Cadence on YouTube

Anton Klotz

One of the most popular platforms of the whole Internet is undeniably YouTube; this is a place where every user can upload and watch videos about all topics that mankind has ever defined as interesting or worthwhile show...
- 25 Mar 2021

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