My Life at Cadence Video Series: Sneharsi Nag
Cadence recently interviewed five of our amazing women engineers for a new video series titled, “My Life at Cadence”! This first video features Sneharsi Nag, Senior Applications Engineer. “…the... [[...
View ArticleSunday Brunch Video for 17th May 2020
https://youtu.be/We9eDDOn-Cg Made in "Instanbul" (camera Carey Guo) Monday: Why Create an SoC? Tuesday: Happy Birthday Florence Nightingale: Nurse, Statistician, Feminist Wednesday: John... [[ Click on...
View ArticleWhich Passwords Should You Change?
I was talking to someone who consults to Cadence on various aspects of security. He told me not to use his name...must be for security reasons. He had been reading some of my posts on passwords, in......
View ArticleVirtuosity: Rewind and Replay the Top 10 Cadence Virtuosity and Virtuoso...
If there's one thing this lockdown has ensured the world over, it's giving people a chance to Rewind and Replay . Be it replaying popular TV shows from our early days to revisiting our family... [[...
View ArticleLearning in a Virtual World
The Cadence Academic Network enables you to access Cadence tools remotely, and, in order to make your virtual learning a success, we want to provide some tips to help you learn at home like a pro!......
View ArticleApp Note Spotlight: What’s New in the Spectre Accelerated Parallel Simulator...
Curious about the latest Spectre Simulator update? There’s a new app note that’s got you covered. Here are the highlights of what’s new in the Spectre Simulator. Do you have disk space constraints?......
View ArticleInterconnect Beyond PCIe: CXL and the Ongoing Cache Coherent Interconnect Battle
As the de facto IO interconnect technology, PCIe has commendably addressed the performance bottle neck at the IO interface by doubling the bandwidth support every 3-4 years over the course of 5... [[...
View ArticleA History of Neural Networks
Research on biological neurons started back in the 1940s, before computers, and long before integrated circuits. Some research started at IBM in the 1950s to model neurons and, in 1956, the...
View ArticleIC Packagers: Determining Minimum Spacing Values in a Design
I don’t remember the first time I was asked this question. At its core, the question was one of finding not the minimum constraint value in the design, but instead the minimum ACTUAL spacing value......
View ArticleSSV 20.1 Base Release Now Available
The SSV 20.1 production release is now available for download at Cadence Downloads . For information about supported platforms, compatibility with other Cadence tools, and details of key issues... [[...
View ArticleIt's the Second Mouse That Gets the Cheese
I love short phrases that make you think, "Wait...what?" and then you think about it and gradually realize it is true. A good example is the title of today's blog post: "It's... [[ Click on the title...
View ArticleMemorial Day: Conway and Collatz
Do you know what the Collatz Conjecture is? John Horton Conway died recently, as I briefly reported in my post Weekend Update . He worked on many aspects of mathematics: "number theory, game... [[...
View ArticleStart Your Engines: The Why and How of Generating Spectre Netlists for Analog...
Cadence ® Spectre ® AMS Designer is a high-performance mixed-signal simulation system. The ability to use multiple engines, and drive from a variety of platforms enables you to "rev... [[ Click on the...
View ArticleBoardSurfers: Footprint Creation Using a STEP Model in Library Creator
Have you ever integrated a mechanical design with an electrical design? Most of the PCB designers face this difficulty in transferring data between Electrical Computer-Aided Design (ECAD) and... [[...
View ArticleSunday Brunch Video for 24th May 2020
www.youtube.com/watch Made in "Hawaii" (camera Carey Guo) Monday: Which Passwords Should You Change? Tuesday: A History of Neural Networks Wednesday: It's the Second Mouse That Gets the... [[ Click on...
View ArticleVirtuoso Meets Maxwell: How to Route a Package in Virtuoso?
'Virtuoso Meets Maxwell' is a blog series aimed at exploring the capabilities and potential of Virtuoso RF Solution and Virtuoso MultiTech. So, how does Virtuoso meets Maxwell? Now, the... [[ Click on...
View ArticleSimon Butler's Fireside Chat with Jim Hogan
Way back in what now seems like the distant past, but was early March, I wrote a post From Bootstrapped Startup to Profitability—with Lunch about an upcoming ESD Alliance event. Of course the event......
View ArticleIC Packagers: Keep Fan-Out Routing Aligned During ECOs
When a change comes in from your IC design partner, it can be met with trepidation. How drastic is the change? What impact will it have on the package routing and (potentially) even the layer count......
View ArticleBoardSurfers: Allegro In-Design Coupling Analysis: Crosstalk Mitigation...
Just as social distancing minimizes human contact to prevent the spread of disease, PCB spacing constraints minimize coupling between traces to prevent crosstalk problems for drivers and receivers.......
View ArticleAutomotive Ethernet
Automotive networking is perhaps the latest application area for Ethernet. But Ethernet in some form has been going for nearly 50 years. Let's start with a little history. History Ethernet really... [[...
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