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Processor design simulator gives 5X better multi-core performance

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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced the Xcelium™Parallel Simulator, the industry’s first production-ready third generation simulator. It is based on innovative multi-core parallel computing technology, enabling systems-on-chip (SoCs) to get to market faster. On average, customers can achieve 2X improved single-core performance and more than 5X improved multi-core performance versus previous generation Cadence simulators. The Cadence Xcelium […]

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FPGA-based prototyping platform includes advanced memory modeling

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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced the new Protium™S1 FPGA-Based Prototyping Platform, which incorporates innovative implementation algorithms to boost engineering productivity. The Protium S1 platform provides front-end congruency with the Cadence® Palladium® Z1 Enterprise Emulation Platform, thereby delivering 80 percent faster design bring-up on average when compared to typical FPGA prototyping approaches. Utilizing Xilinx® Virtex™ UltraScale™ FPGA technology, the new Cadence platform […]

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Schematic capture package supports Intel Schematic Connectivity Format for Intel-based design reviews

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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced that OrCAD Capture now provides export capability for Intel Schematic Connectivity Format (ISCF), targeted at automating Intel-based design reviews. ISCF was developed…

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Dbx-tv Total Technology available on Cadence Tensilica HiFi audio/voice processors

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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) and dbx-tv today announced that dbx-tv’s Total Technology audio enhancement suite is now available on the Cadence Tensilica HiFi Audio/Voice digital signal processing (DSP) family. The Total Technology suite offers several technologies working together, which result in optimal audio quality that creates the best sound available from the TV’s […]

Techniques to speed up SoC RTL and physical synthesis

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David Stratman and Vinay Patwardhan, Cadence In the more complex world of today’s SoCs, you’re integrating a large number of third-party IP blocks with your own highly tuned RTL, while aggressively pushing frequency in the face of lower power requirements and area budgets. You also want to ensure a reliable handoff to place and route […]