Clik here to view.
What's Good About the Latest System-In-Package (SiP)? New Capabilities in...
Several new features have been added to the 16.6-2015 SiP release. Read on for more details … Co-Design Die Editing in Symbol Edit Application Mode The Symbol Edit Application Mode has been expanded to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Encryption: Why Backdoors Are a Bad Idea
I have always had a passing interest in encryption and security. My PhD is on network file systems, where managing who has access to what data is an important aspect. I also spent the best part of a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Whiteboard Wednesdays - Memory Trends to Fit Your Application
In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Jeffrey Chung talks about the progression of DDR and LPDDR: capacity, speed, and types of applications that would be appropriate for each.(Please visit the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Memory Standards and the Future
I sat down and talked with Amjad Qureshi recently He is vice president of research and development for the DDR PHY and controller IP. My first assumption, that he joined Cadence with the Denali...
View ArticleClik here to view.
LnK Seeks Reliable IP for MIPI SLIMbus Audio Bridge Product
Belgium-based LnK develops MIPI SLIMbus test solutions, including a protocol analyzer, a traffic generator, and an audio bridge. When the company was developing its I2S-SLIMbus Audio Bridge, which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Welcome to TeamADE
Welcome to the new home of all things related to the Virtuoso® Analog Design Environment . Our intention is to use this space to give you helpful tips on using the tools and to introduce you to newly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Design IP Customer and Technology Presentations at CDNLive Silicon Valley,...
We have an exciting Design IP track at CDNLive Silicon Valley again this year. ARM, Mellanox, Broadcom, and Hardent talk about important IP technology topics. And Cadence will be sharing some of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EDAC Becomes the Electronic System Design Alliance
Last night, Bob Smith, the executive director of what was EDAC, announced the new name and the new mission. The organization will henceforth be the Electronic System Design Alliance. When EDAC was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Student Day at embedded world, Nuremberg
The Cadence Academic Network was proud to sponsor the Student Day at embedded world 2016. embedded world is the number one international gathering place for all aspects of embedded system technologies,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Blue Gecko, Designed with Cadence Mixed-Signal, Low-Power Flow
Blue Gecko is a system on chip (SoC) created by Silicon Labs to provide wireless connectivity. With the name Blue Gecko, you won't be surprised that it supports Bluetooth. Blue Gecko is actually one of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Brief History of Cadence: the Present Day
In the early days, like all the larger EDA companies, Cadence grew through a mixture of acquisition (for example, the Tangent routing technology), internal development (such as the Virtuoso platform)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jim Hogan on Self-Driving Cars and Sustainability
It’s 2048 and the world could be bursting with nine billion people. What will the West Antarctic ice sheet look like then? By how much will sea levels have risen? As the northern hemisphere—where most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 25th Birthday, Virtuoso!
There are a lot of changes going on in the environment in which analog design gets done. In the past, a lot of analog designs were relatively small designs in non-leading-edge processes. These chips...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Welcome to the New Sound of Analog Design
The new Virtuoso ® ADE product suite enables designers to fully explore, analyze, and verify their design against design goals so that they can maintain design intent throughout the design cycle. As...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Analog Design Resonance: Getting Started with Virtuoso ADE Explorer and...
By now, you have probably heard about the new family of Virtuoso ADE tools, publicly introduced at CDNLive Silicon Valley. If not, go take a look! The new tools work with a new database and viewname...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Whiteboard Wednesdays—Relationships Between USB Specs
In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Jacek Duda describes the relationships between USB Type-C, USB 3.1, and Power Delivery specificationss, and gives examples of applications for each. (Please...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mobile Unleashed...and Reviewed
I finished reading Don Dingee and Dan Nenni's book, Mobile Unleashed, the Origin and Evolution of ARM Processors in Our Devices . I guess by way of disclosure I should say that Don and Dan both blogged...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tom Beckley's CDNLive Keynote: Addressing Complexity and Safety Challenges
Tom Beckley gave the final keynote before lunch here at CDNLive in Silicon Valley. To set the scene, he told the story of watching the Space Shuttle Challenger launch in Florida where he worked for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Are Rapid Adoption Kits, And Why Are They Great for Academia?
Academic research often requires the learning of new concepts and techniques in a short amount of time, and the tools that you are using shouldn't be an obstacle in themselves. Rapid Adoption Kits...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Virtuosity: Things I Learned in January, February, and March 2016 by Browsing...
At CDNLive Silicon Valley this month, Cadence announced a new family of ADE tools: Virtuoso ADE Explorer, Assembler, Verifier and VVO (Virtuoso Variation Option). So I'd like to start with a special...
View Article