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Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. Accelerates IC/Module Designs using Cadence Custom IC and System Analysis Technology

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Giovedì, Ottobre 5, 2023
Electronic Design Automation, Semiconductor, Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, IC, Engineering, Studio, AI, Cadence Design Systems, TAT, Workflow, Environment, CDNS, EM, PCB, Virtuoso, Printed circuit board, Cadence

Using the Clarity 3D Solver, Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. has achieved up to a 12% electromagnetic (EM) simulation runtime improvement when compared with their prior solution.

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  • Using the Clarity 3D Solver, Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. has achieved up to a 12% electromagnetic (EM) simulation runtime improvement when compared with their prior solution.
  • By deploying the AI-based Virtuoso Studio platform, Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. has access to a full suite of IC design solutions and tight integration with Cadence’s multiphysics system analysis offerings.
  • Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. designers used this feature to gain a 30% reduction in turnaround time for routing of complex analog blocks.
  • Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. has also adopted the Clarity 3D Solver for EM simulation and analysis of its module designs after confirming a 12% solver runtime advantage.

Cadence Completes Acquisition of Intrinsix

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Lunedì, Ottobre 2, 2023
Engineering, Technology, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Software, Networks, CEVA, Radio, IC, Cadence Design Systems, Acquisition, CDNS, 3D printing, Cryptocurrency, Cadence

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) and CEVA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEVA) today announced that Cadence has completed its acquisition of Intrinsix Corporation from CEVA.

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  • Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) and CEVA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEVA) today announced that Cadence has completed its acquisition of Intrinsix Corporation from CEVA.
  • The purchase brings Cadence a highly skilled engineering team with expertise in advanced nodes, radio frequency, mixed-signal and security algorithms, scaling Cadence’s system and IC design services team and expanding Cadence’s reach in key high-growth verticals, including aerospace and defense.

Cadence Digital and Custom/Analog Design Flows Achieve the Latest TSMC N2 Certification

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Mercoledì, Settembre 27, 2023
5G, Software, Other Manufacturing, Hardware, Electronic Design Automation, Technology, Semiconductor, Manufacturing, Spectre, N2, Kurdistan, XPS, IR, Cadence Design Systems, CDNS, QOR, Virtuoso, ICS, SOC, Proposed UK Internet age verification system, App Store (iOS/iPadOS), Certification, SRAM, Algorithm, TSMC, Studio, Architecture, Digital, AI, Memory, DRM, Video game, Computer data storage, Computation, Cadence

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced its digital and custom/analog flows have achieved certification for TSMC’s latest N2 Design Rule Manual (DRM).

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  • Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced its digital and custom/analog flows have achieved certification for TSMC’s latest N2 Design Rule Manual (DRM).
  • The digital full flow supports all the latest TSMC N2 PDK requirements, offering customers several key new features.
  • “Through our long-time collaboration with Cadence, customers have access to our latest N2 process technology and the enhanced Cadence digital and custom/analog flows to create next-generation AI, hyperscale and mobile ICs,” said Dan Kochpatcharin, head of the Design Infrastructure Management Division at TSMC.
  • We look forward to seeing our mutual customers achieve their design goals so they can deliver high-quality designs to market faster.”
    The Cadence digital and custom/analog flows support the Cadence Intelligent System Design™ strategy, enabling customers to achieve system-on-chip (SoC) design excellence.

Cadence Expands Support for 3Dblox 2.0 Standard with New System Prototyping Flows

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Mercoledì, Settembre 27, 2023
Mobile, Wireless, Technology, Semiconductor, 5G, Software, Internet, Hardware, Electronic Design Automation, IOT (Internet of Things), Artificial Intelligence, Area studies, DRC, Cadence Design Systems, CDNS, Internet of things, 3D, SIP, CAD, Language, Info, Integrity, Hyperscale computing, TSMC, AI, Silicon, Integration, Digital, 3D printing, Video game, Cadence

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced the availability of new system prototyping flows based on the Cadence® Integrity™ 3D-IC Platform that support the 3Dblox 2.0 standard.

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  • Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced the availability of new system prototyping flows based on the Cadence® Integrity™ 3D-IC Platform that support the 3Dblox 2.0 standard.
  • Through this latest collaboration between Cadence and TSMC, customers creating AI, mobile, 5G, hyperscale computing and IoT 3D-IC designs can model system prototypes to accelerate design turnaround time.
  • The flows supporting the 3Dblox 2.0 standard provide chiplet mirroring, which lets engineers reuse chiplet module data, improving productivity and performance.
  • In addition, the flows provide inter-chiplet DRC through the Cadence Pegasus™ Verification System, which helps designers create an inter-chiplet CAD layer for DRC automatically.

Cadence Custom/Analog Design Migration Flow Accelerates Adoption of TSMC Advanced Process Technologies

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Lunedì, Settembre 25, 2023
Software, Mobile, Wireless, Networks, Internet, Hardware, Electronic Design Automation, Data Management, Apps, Applications, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductor, Security, TSMC, Virtuoso, Studio, Cadence Design Systems, CDNS, Cadence

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced the expansion of its node-to-node design migration flow based on the Cadence® Virtuoso® Studio, which is compatible with all TSMC advanced nodes, including the latest N3E and N2 process technologies.

Key Points: 
  • Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced the expansion of its node-to-node design migration flow based on the Cadence® Virtuoso® Studio, which is compatible with all TSMC advanced nodes, including the latest N3E and N2 process technologies.
  • This generative design migration flow was developed by Cadence and TSMC to provide joint customers with a simplified and automated approach to migrating custom and analog IC designs among TSMC’s advanced process technologies.
  • Customers already using the flow have successfully reduced migration time by up to 3X when compared with manual migration.
  • This flow allows customers to migrate a wide range of analog designs on TSMC process technologies.

Cadence AI-Powered Virtuoso Studio Supports RF and mmWave Design Reference Flows for TSMC N16RF, N6RF and N4PRF

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Lunedì, Settembre 25, 2023
Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Semiconductor, 5G, Software, Internet, Hardware, Electronic Design Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Custom, Kurdistan, Cadence Design Systems, CDNS, Health, ICS, SOC, RFIC, Radar, TSMC, Studio, RF, Automation, Mobile phone, N16, Cadence

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced it has collaborated with TSMC to integrate the new Cadence® Virtuoso® Studio into the TSMC N16 mmWave design reference flow and N6RF design reference flow, and added support for the N4PRF design reference flow.

Key Points: 
  • Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced it has collaborated with TSMC to integrate the new Cadence® Virtuoso® Studio into the TSMC N16 mmWave design reference flow and N6RF design reference flow, and added support for the N4PRF design reference flow.
  • Mutual customers are already using the design reference flows and corresponding TSMC process design kits (PDKs) for RFIC design projects.
  • The solution supports all aspects of RF design, including passive device modeling, assisted layout automation, and electromagnetics (EM) simulations.
  • “Working closely with TSMC, we have updated our RF reference flows to leverage the unparalleled power of our latest release, Virtuoso Studio.

Cadence to Acquire Intrinsix Corporation from CEVA

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Mercoledì, Settembre 20, 2023
Semiconductor, Technology, Telecommunications, Mobile, Wireless, Software, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Cadence Design Systems, Senior, CDNS, CEVA, IC, IP, Sale, Acquisition, Engineering, Radio, Growth, Mobile phone, Management, Cadence

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) and CEVA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEVA), a leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Cadence to acquire Intrinsix Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of CEVA and a provider of design engineering solutions focused on the U.S. aerospace and defense industry.

Key Points: 
  • Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) and CEVA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEVA), a leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Cadence to acquire Intrinsix Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of CEVA and a provider of design engineering solutions focused on the U.S. aerospace and defense industry.
  • The purchase will bring Cadence a highly skilled engineering team that has expertise in advanced nodes, radio frequency, mixed-signal and security algorithms.
  • “CEVA’s strength over the years has been in developing and licensing semiconductor IP and software, which has powered more than 16 billion devices to date,” said Amir Panush, CEO of CEVA.
  • “With the sale of Intrinsix, we are focusing our efforts on this core expertise, which will allow us to reinforce our leadership position in wireless communications, sensing and edge AI technologies and support our long-term growth strategy.”
    “Cadence and Intrinsix are well-aligned in their missions to enable customers to achieve design excellence,” said Neil Zaman, Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer at Cadence.

Cadence Advances Hyperscale SoC Design with Expanded IP Portfolio for TSMC N3E Process Featuring Next-Generation 224G-LR SerDes IP

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Mercoledì, Settembre 20, 2023
Electronic Design Automation, Data Management, Semiconductor, Technology, 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, LLM, Cadence Design Systems, IP Group, PHY, CDNS, SerDes, LR, PCI Express, IP, Chiplet, SOC, UCIe, DDR5, PCI, Machine learning, Media, Hyperscale computing, TSMC, Artificial intelligence, Silicon, VSR, PPA, Cassette tape, Cable television, Cadence

Other Cadence Design IP on the advanced TSMC N3E process has demonstrated silicon success or taped out, providing mutual customers with a wide range of high-speed interface and memory IP for their most advanced designs.

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  • Other Cadence Design IP on the advanced TSMC N3E process has demonstrated silicon success or taped out, providing mutual customers with a wide range of high-speed interface and memory IP for their most advanced designs.
  • Addressing this surging demand, the new 224G-LR SerDes PHY IP and other leading Cadence interface IP on the TSMC N3E process usher in a new era of innovation and high-speed connectivity.
  • Our close collaboration with TSMC enables us to deliver high-quality IP designed to achieve first-pass silicon success and faster time to market.”
    The comprehensive Cadence IP portfolio on the TSMC N3E process supports the Cadence Intelligent System Design™ strategy by enabling advanced-node SoC design excellence.
  • For more information about Cadence’s next-generation 224G SerDes PHY IP and the comprehensive Cadence N3E Design IP portfolio, please visit www.cadence.com/go/N3EDIPPR .

Cadence to Acquire Intrinsix Corporation from CEVA

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Mercoledì, Settembre 20, 2023
Cadence Design Systems, Senior, CDNS, CEVA, IC, IP, Sale, Acquisition, Engineering, Radio, Software, Mobile phone, Cadence

SAN JOSE, Calif. and ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) and CEVA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEVA), a leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Cadence to acquire Intrinsix Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of CEVA and a provider of design engineering solutions focused on the U.S. aerospace and defense industry. The purchase will bring Cadence a highly skilled engineering team that has expertise in advanced nodes, radio frequency, mixed-signal and security algorithms.

Key Points: 
  • The purchase will bring Cadence a highly skilled engineering team that has expertise in advanced nodes, radio frequency, mixed-signal and security algorithms.
  • "CEVA's strength over the years has been in developing and licensing semiconductor IP and software, which has powered more than 16 billion devices to date," said Amir Panush, CEO of CEVA.
  • "Cadence and Intrinsix are well-aligned in their missions to enable customers to achieve design excellence," said Neil Zaman, Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer at Cadence.
  • The acquisition is expected to be immaterial to revenue and earnings this year for Cadence and is subject to certain closing conditions.

Cadence Accelerates On-Device and Edge AI Performance and Efficiency with New Neo NPU IP and NeuroWeave SDK for Silicon Design

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Mercoledì, Settembre 13, 2023
Electronic Design Automation, Semiconductor, Technology, Other Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Natural language processing, TensorFlow, Cadence Design Systems, Magic, CDNS, Internet of things, Macs, ML, Neo, Multimedia, Research, SOC, FP16, NLP, CNN, DSPS, Personal computer, Radar, Apache MXNet, Investment, NPU terminology, Socs, RNN, JAX, Architecture, PyTorch, ADAS, Integer, PPA, ONNX, SDK, AR, KPI-driven code analysis, Automation, Medical device, Video game, Cadence, Tensilica, AI

The new highly scalable Cadence® Neo™ Neural Processing Units (NPUs) deliver a wide range of AI performance in a low-energy footprint, bringing new levels of performance and efficiency to AI SoCs.

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  • The new highly scalable Cadence® Neo™ Neural Processing Units (NPUs) deliver a wide range of AI performance in a low-energy footprint, bringing new levels of performance and efficiency to AI SoCs.
  • Complementing the AI hardware, the new NeuroWeave™ Software Development Kit (SDK) provides developers with a “one-tool” AI software solution across Cadence AI and Tensilica® IP products for no-code AI development.
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    The new highly scalable Cadence® Neo™ Neural Processing Units (NPUs) deliver a wide range of AI performance in a low-energy footprint, bringing new levels of performance and efficiency to AI SoCs.
  • Complementing the AI hardware, the new NeuroWeave™ Software Development Kit (SDK) provides a "one-tool" AI software solution across Cadence AI and Tensilica IP products for no-code AI development.