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Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR1 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC25.1 ISR1 production release is now available for download.

Virtuoso Release Team
• 1 min read
IC25.1 , featured , Cadence blogs , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release Blog Announcement

Corporate News

MSU Leveraging Intel 16 and the Cadence Tool Flow for Academic Chip Tapeout

Morgan State University (MSU) recently received an Apple Innovation Grant, designed…

Corporate
• 4 min read
news story , featured , Cadence Academic Network

Digital Design

Himax Accelerates Chip Design with Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer

Himax Technologies Inc ., a leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display…

Vinod Khera
• 2 min read
featured , Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer , Digital Implementation , AI/ML

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Studio IC23.1 ISR15 Now Available

Virtuoso Studio IC23.1 ISR15 production release is now available for download.

Virtuoso Release Team
• 2 min read
featured , Virtuoso Studio , IC Release , IC Release Blog Announcement , Virtuoso
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Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Advanced Parallel Simulation Leveraging Parallelization Technology.

There is an interesting interview with Nebabie Kebebew, Sr. Product Marketing Manager…

• less than a min read
mixed-signal simulators , Chip-level simulation , MMSIM , Block-level simulation , Virtuoso , AMS simulation , Circuit Design , Simulators , Custom IC Design , custom design technology

Verification

Report From DesignCon 2009

This week the " DesignCon " show is in town (<= 10 minutes from the Cadence campus…

• 2 min read
DesignCon , Functional Verification

Verification

Good Article Alert: End "EDA Bashing"

Allow me to direct your attention to a most welcome article in EDA DesignLine written…

• less than a min read
Functional Verification , edadesignonline , EDA

SoC and IP

Web Survey: LP DDR and DDR3 DRAMs

LP DRAMs and PC DDR3 DRAMs: Vendors’ Portfolios Fill out Slowly (LP) and Rapidly…

• 3 min read

Verification

Incisive Software Extensions (ISX) vs Co-Verification Link (CVL)

Team Specman has been doing a great job supplying nifty tech tips and other useful…

• 3 min read
CVL , Co-verification link , System Design and Verification , Specmen , Incisive Software Extensions , ISX

Verification

Linking C and e: The Co-Verification Link

[Join Team Specman in welcoming guest blogger Jason Andrews. Jason is a recognized…

• 3 min read
Specman , HW/SW , C , e , ISX , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , Jason Andrews , IES

Verification

"...Yes, Virginia there is a Specman"

I usually try to visit many of our customers in Europe (and other parts of the world…

• 3 min read
SystemVerilog , IntelliGen , Specman , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , Open Verification Methodology , OVM , Coverage-Driven Verification , e , coverage driven verification (CDV) , Aspect Oriented Programming , eRM , AOP

Verification

Interview With Cadence Verification IP Architect Levent Caglar

Even in these challenging economic times, interest in Verification IP ("VIP") has…

• less than a min read
verification strategy , Functional Verification , VIP , Levent Caglar

RF Engineering

SpectreRF Turbo: Parasitic Reduction

I wanted to share some experiences I had with SpectreRF-Turbo and Parasitic reduction…

• 1 min read
Virtuoso Spectre , Spectre RF , Parasitic Reduction , RF Block Simulation , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , RF design , harmonic balance , Turbo

Digital Design

Demo and Interview: The Encounter Foundation Flow

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

• 5 min read
Flows , 8.1 , Encounter Digital Implementation

Digital Design

A dbGet Code Example

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

• 3 min read
database access , SoC-Encounter , dbGet , dbSet , Digital Implementation

SoC and IP

Taiwan Mixing it up with DRAMs, Part II..Acceptance?

Mirrors Worldwide Government's Increasing Role in Business and the Economy; “Cash…

• 4 min read

RF Engineering

Noise and Jitter Analysis for PLL-Based Frequency Synthethiser Using SpectreRF

Cadence will present SpectreRF Noise aware PLL flow latest enhancements at the DesignCon…

• 1 min read

System, PCB, & Package Design 

What's Good About a Table of Contents Generator? - Download SPB16.2 and See!

It's here! It's really here!!! I've spoken with many customers over the past several…

• 5 min read
SPB 16.2 , TOC , table of contents , PCB design

Verification

Tech Tip: Avoiding "Error! Integer Overflow" With Incisive Simulator

While simulating a VHDL design with Incisive Simulator, if an integer overflow is…

• 1 min read
NCVHDL , Functional Verification , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES

Verification

"ClubT" Newsletter Issue #3 Just Posted

Specmaniacs and Other Trailblazers, The latest edition of the 'ClubT ' newsletter…

• less than a min read
IEEE 1647 , SystemVerilog , IntelliGen , Low Power , Specman , HW/SW , verification strategy , Verification methodology , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , Cadence VIP portfolio , Testbench simulation , OVM , VIP , OVM e , Coverage-Driven Verification , CDV , Multi-domain verification: HW/SW co-verification , e , Enterprise Manager , Enterprise Planner , ISX (Incisive Software Extensions) , Plan and metrics management , coverage driven verification (CDV) , Aspect Oriented Programming , ISX , System Verification , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES , AOP

SoC and IP

Low Latency DRAMs Continue to Serve Networking Niches

Low Latency DRAMs (LL DRAMs), Survive to Serve an Important Market Niche: Last…

• 4 min read

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Allegro PCB SI at DesignCon

Drop by the Cadence booth at DesignCon to see the latest demonstrations of Allegro…

• less than a min read
PCB Signal and power integrity , IBIS-AMI , SerDes , PCB design , DDR3

System, PCB, & Package Design 

Cadence SiP and IC Packaging at DesignCon

Those of you attending DesignCon in February should stop by the Cadence booth to…

• less than a min read
Digital SiP design , 3D-IC , TSV , IC Packaging & SiP design , IC Package Physical layout and co-design
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