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Learn How Valens uses Specman Macros Automate Configuration of Verification...
Valens has achieved success through applying Specman to their verification projects. At DVCon EMEA (Oct 24-25) you can learn how their use of Specman Macros to automate configuration of the...
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Of Arms and the Man I Sing
Arma virumque cano—of arms and the man I sing. This is the famous opening line of Virgil's Aeneid, the curse of many a schoolboy's Latin learning days, mine included. Anyway, the reason for all this...
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What's in it for Me in Innovus 18.10 Release?
At advanced nodes, there’s always a deep conflict between power, performance, and area (PPA) and design turnaround time (TAT). You already know Innovus Implementation System very smartly delivers PPA...
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Jasper User Group 2018
This week it is CDNLive Israel. But last week it was Jasper User Group (JUG). At it happens, Jasper was one of the early companies to sign up with SemiWiki when we started it, so I've been going to...
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CDNLive Israel 2018
This week it was the last CDNLive of the year, CDNLive Israel in Tel Aviv. From my point of view the show ran perfectly. But I'm always reminded of that description of a swan as "serene on top and...
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Virtuoso IC6.1.8 and ICADVM18.1 Now Available
The IC6.1.8 and ICADVM18.1 production releases are now available for download at Cadence Downloads . IC6.1.8 ICADVM18.1 For information on supported platforms, compatibility with other Cadence tools,...
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Some Headlines that Caught My Eye
Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now… —Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton Every once in a while, I write a post like this one, to highlight some of the amazing things that are...
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The DARPA Electronic Resurgence Initiative (ERI)
Many weeks ago DARPA organized a summit at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The first day consisted of a workshop and some other presentations, including one by Cadence's Tom Beckley. Since...
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How is a Multi-board PCB System Assembly Different from Rigid-Flex Assembly
CC BY-SA 3.0 Lukealderton When people typically think of multi-board PCB design, they tend to picture racks of boards in server farms or the components of a gaming rig. But what if your typical rigid...
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升级到Allegro17.2-2016的10大理由之8：过孔结构——下一代高速布线解决方案
过孔转换对信号布线来说十分常见。在高速设计中过孔转换是造成PCB互连中信号衰减的主要原因。而且高速通道需要地孔临近关键信号，在信号走线换层时，提供连续的回流路径，来降低信号损耗。 （点击查看大图） space...
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The World's First Working 7nm 112G Long Reach SerDes Silicon
At the start of November last year, Cadence announced that it was acquiring nusemi, a company focused on the development of high-speed SerDes interfaces. Today, Cadence demonstrated working 7nm SerDes...
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Arm TechCon: Get Ready for the NEOVERSE
I don't know if it was the vibe Arm's marketing was going for, but if you wanted to evoke The Matrix without infringing any copyrights, The NEOVERSE does the trick. It's hard to believe but The Matrix...
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How To Maintain Connectivity in a Multi-Board PCB System
CC0 Today’s electronics often incorporate multiple interconnected printed circuit boards (PCB) into their designs. Getting all the components in a multi-board system to work together as a cohesive...
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Student Story: Cadence Taught Me the Value of the Intangible
Santosh S Malagi was a student pursuing his master’s in Computer Engineering at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. There is an academic partnership between Cadence and imec , a...
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ERI: Hardware Security Workshop
The opening morning of DARPA's Electronic Resurgence Initiative summit in San Francisco consisted of several workshops, called "What's Next Workshops". I picked the hardware security workshop since the...
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Whiteboard Wednesdays - Cadence Unveils 112G Long-Reach SerDes IP in 7nm...
With hyperscale datacenters requiring network switches delivering bandwidths of 12.8 Tbps and beyond, there is strong demand for 112G SerDes IP for the underlying ASICs and SoCs. In this week’s...
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Is Resistance Futile?
At Cadence, we have recently switched over our printer system. Before, everyone in an office was hooked up to a communal printer that when you print something, you have to run to the printer down the...
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Formal Post-Silicon Debug
Two outstanding presentations at the recent Jasper User Groiup were on using JasperGold (JG) for post-silicon debug. The two presentations were from Laurent Arditi of Arm, In Case of Emergency Call...
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An Ocean Of Opportunity
We were lucky to have Cadence CEO Lip-Bu Tan visit India recently, when he keynoted at CDNLive India. Lip-Bu always has interesting insights. He has always been very positive about the future of the...
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Virtuosity: Updated ADE Assembler and ADE Explorer Rapid Adoption Kit
The Cadence® Virtuoso® ADE Assembler , Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Virtuoso ADE Verifier Rapid Adoption Kit (RAK) has been updated to cover the new features in IC6.1.8/ICADVM18.1. This RAK will get you...
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