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Five-Minute Tutorial: EM Model Files Revisited
 Back in January, I posted a Five-Minute Tutorial about creating EM Model files. We'll be referencing this previous post a lot, so check it out quickly right now.That method has worked well for me, but...
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11 Things I Learned by Browsing Cadence Online Support
I guess by now most of us are already familiar with Rapid Adoption Kits (RAKs). These are packages that include a detailed instructional document and a lab database. You can browse all the available...
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Start the New Year with Voltus
Happy New Year to all of our Digital Implementation Blog readers - and also to anyone new who is stopping by to check us out. We're glad you're here and we hope you'll hang out with us for a while! I...
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Sharing is Learning - New RAKs and Videos for Digital Users on Cadence Support
Friends, you would probably agree that sharing knowledge is a practical way to solve business problems, and contributes to business goals. Thought I'd share some great content that I came across while...
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Quick Reference - 8 Ways to Optimize Power Using Encounter Digital...
Everyone knows that the increasing speed and complexity of today's designs implies a significant increase in power consumption, which demands better optimization of your design for power. I am sure lot...
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Create Encounter Power System (EPS) Power-Grid Views...
In today's tutorial, I'm giving you a sample EPS (Encounter Power System) script that you can use to generate power-grid views for your standard cells. Power-grid views are used during rail analysis,...
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CDNLive High-Performance Track: Do You Have What it Takes to Get Your...
Implementing SoCs with embedded processors at advanced nodes has become increasingly difficult. This is due to the complexity of the design functionality as well as the low power and increased...
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Set Flip-Chip Bumps as Voltage Sources in EPS/EDI Rail...
When running power and rail analysis for a flip chip, we used to have to spend some time creating the voltage sources. It wasn't too terrible; usually we would output the bumps into a Cadence Encounter...
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Answers to Top 10 Questions on Performing ECOs in EDI System
Applying ECOs to a design can be complex, stressful and error prone so it's important to apply the right tools and flow to implement the changes successfully. EDI System provides multiple ECO flows to...
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Five-Minute Tutorial: EM Model Files Revisited
 Back in January, I posted a Five-Minute Tutorial about creating EM Model files. We'll be referencing this previous post a lot, so check it out quickly right now.That method has worked well for me, but...
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11 Things I Learned by Browsing Cadence Online Support
I guess by now most of us are already familiar with Rapid Adoption Kits (RAKs). These are packages that include a detailed instructional document and a lab database. You can browse all the available...
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Start the New Year with Voltus
Happy New Year to all of our Digital Implementation Blog readers - and also to anyone new who is stopping by to check us out. We're glad you're here and we hope you'll hang out with us for a while! I...
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Sharing is Learning - New RAKs and Videos for Digital Users on Cadence Support
Friends, you would probably agree that sharing knowledge is a practical way to solve business problems, and contributes to business goals. Thought I'd share some great content that I came across while...
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New Training Class: Get Up to Speed Fast When Migrating to Encounter Digital...
One question we often hear from experienced physical design engineers migrating to Encounter Digital Implementation System is, "How do I get up to speed on the tool as quickly as possible?" They...
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Five-Minute Tutorial: One More Look at EM Models
Just when you thought you were done setting up EM model files, along came another advanced node with more complicated rules. Sound familiar? I've already posted two Five-Minute Tutorials about EM Model...
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Inserting Column Power Switches in EDI
Hello my fellow Digital Designers,I'm sorry I haven't been around the blogs much lately. We've had a lot of exciting design work going on that has kept me pretty busy. I hope all of you are having a...
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Innovus User Interface Tips
Hi Everyone,No doubt by now you have heard about the Innovus Implementation System, our next-generation physical implementation solution. It's always a bit scary to move to a new tool, but let me...
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Five-Minute Tutorial: The Innovus Standard Flow
Hi Everyone,Last week I highlighted a video featuring Innovus User Interface Tips. Now that you know how to get around, what next? Innovus has a new, more streamlined design flow. Most designs should...
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Innovus Placement Optimization
Hi Everyone,Last time we got a quick look at The Innovus Standard Flow. Now I'd like to show you a bit more detail about some of the major steps. One of the new concepts in Innovus is how placement and...
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Five-Minute Tutorial: Innovus Clock Tree Synthesis and Debugger
Hi Everyone,Last time, our Five-Minute Tutorial focused on the new Innovus Placement Optimization. The next step in the flow would be inserting clock trees. Now that we can take advantage of the CCOpt...
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