Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced the new Cadence Voltus InsightAI, the industry’s first generative AI technology that automatically identifies the root cause of EM-IR drop violations early in the design process and selects and implements the most efficient fixes to improve power, performance, and area (PPA). Using Voltus InsightAI, customers can fix up to 95% […]
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Custom design platform now includes generative AI technology
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced the new Cadence Virtuoso Studio, a next-generation custom design platform that delivers an optimal design experience and ushers in the future for custom analog design. Virtuoso Studio features a reimagined infrastructure with a unique approach to managing design processes and allows more than a 3X improvement in design throughput for […]
IC platform integrates 3D design
The comprehensive, high-capacity 3D-IC platform from Cadence Design System integrates 3D design planning, implementation, and system analysis in a single, unified cockpit. The Integrity 3D-IC platform underpins Cadence’s third-generation 3D-IC solution, providing customers with system-driven power, performance, and area (PPA) for individual chiplets through integrated thermal, power, and static timing analysis capabilities. Chip designers creating […]
Logic simulator adds machine learning to speed verification tasks
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that the Cadence Xcelium Logic Simulator has been enhanced with machine learning technology (ML), called Xcelium ML, to increase verification throughput. Using new machine learning technology and core computational software, Xcelium ML enables up to 5X faster verification closure on randomized regressions. Using computational software and a proprietary machine learning […]
Automated security validation platform identifies vulnerabilities in firmware and SoC designs
Tortuga Logic, a cybersecurity company specializing in hardware threat detection and prevention, announced the launch of Radix-M, the industry’s first platform capable of performing security validation of firmware on complex system-on-chip (SoCs) designs. Built with funding support from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Radix-M identifies and prevents unknown firmware vulnerabilities. It also automates previously manual […]
System design and analysis tackles electromagnetic challenges
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. entered the fast-growing system analysis and design market with the announcement of the Cadence Clarity 3D Solver, which delivers high accuracy with up to 10X faster simulation performance and unbounded capacity compared to legacy field solver technology. Harnessing state-of-the-art distributed multiprocessing technology, the Clarity 3D Solver efficiently tackles electromagnetic (EM) challenges […]
Chip design tools optimized for Arm Neoverse N1 platform in cloud-to-edge apps
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that its tools and IP have been optimized to support the new Arm Neoverse N1 platform to accelerate the transformation of a scalable cloud-to-edge infrastructure. To ease adoption, Cadence delivered a 7nm full-flow digital implementation and signoff Rapid Adoption Kit (RAK), collaborated with Arm to ensure the Cadence Verification Suite […]
Analog Top Talks in November on EDABoard.com forums
Peer-to-peer, engineer-to-engineer questions and answers from the EDABoard.com engineering community around analog ICs and analog design. Click the “Read more” link and follow the entire conversation and maybe add your two cents by logging in to EDAboard.com. 24V control from 3.3V – I am trying to drive a load of 24V and control that line by […]
Custom and AMS IC design tools certified for Samsung 7nm process technology
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that its custom and analog/mixed-signal (AMS) IC design tools have achieved certification for Samsung Foundry’s 7nm Low Power Plus (7LPP) process technology. This certification ensures Cadence and Samsung Foundry mutual customers of a highly automated circuit design, layout, signoff and verification flow with full extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) support. This […]
Electrical noise, Part 2: Additional perspectives
In Part 1, we looked at some facets of noise: sources, external versus internal (intrinsic) noise, and equations. Part 2 goes further into noise specifics. Q: What are some of the types of noise? A: It’s a long list. The same noise may have different names depending on the perspective of the person describing it, […]
