Webinar: AI-Driven Constraint Generation for PCB and IC Package Design

Webinar: AI-Driven Constraint Generation for PCB and IC Package Design
by Admin on 10-24-2024 at 3:12 pm

While constraint-driven design is not a new concept, the demand for automation and integration between design and analysis tools has grown with increasing design complexity. Optimizing constraints with AI/ML is a driving force for the productivity necessary to address today’s compressed design cycles. Tight integration… Read More


Webinar: Seamless SI/PI Signoff of Allegro PCB Designs Driven by In-Design Analysis

Webinar: Seamless SI/PI Signoff of Allegro PCB Designs Driven by In-Design Analysis
by Admin on 04-15-2024 at 3:23 pm

Date: Thursday, April  25, 2024

Time: 14:00pm (Taipei Time)

Signal and power integrity (SI/PI) are top priorities for engineers designing today’s high-speed, high-density PCBs. Easy-to-use in-design analysis directly integrated into the Allegro PCB design environment can uncover SI/PI issues early in the design process,… Read More


Using a GPU to Speed Up PCB Layout Editing

Using a GPU to Speed Up PCB Layout Editing
by Daniel Payne on 03-01-2022 at 10:00 am

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I can remember back in the 1980s how Apollo workstations were quite popular, because they accelerated the graphics display time for EDA tools much better than competitive hardware. Fast forward to 2022 and we have the same promise of speeding up EDA tools like PCB layout editing by using a GPU. At the 58th DAC there was a session called,… Read More


At Last, Package and Chip integration for RF Design

At Last, Package and Chip integration for RF Design
by Tom Simon on 01-21-2019 at 7:00 am

It seems that it has always been that there were packages and ICs, and in the design tool world “never the twain shall meet”. The tools for designing packages were completely separate from the tools used to design IC’s. This was so profoundly true that even after Cadence merged with Valid Logic back in the early 90’s, their Allegro … Read More


Eight Improvements for PCB Software

Eight Improvements for PCB Software
by Daniel Payne on 05-04-2016 at 12:00 pm

I first met John Durbetaki at Intel in Aloha, Oregon and we both had a keen interest in the nascent personal computer industry. My first PC was made by Radio Shack and dubbed the TRS-80 which maxed out at 48KB of RAM. I kept watch on Durbetaki as he left Intel and formed his own company OrCAD in 1985 to serve the needs of PC-based CAD software.… Read More


Accelerate Modern PCB Design and Manufacturing

Accelerate Modern PCB Design and Manufacturing
by Pawan Fangaria on 05-24-2015 at 12:00 pm

In modern electronic industry PCBs are required to accommodate highly dense circuits with large number of components and complex routing spaces. While the complexity is increasing, the time-to-market is decreasing. In such a scenario, there is no other option than to reduce the design time by employing innovative editing options… Read More


Growing Innovation in Modern PCB Design Tools

Growing Innovation in Modern PCB Design Tools
by Pawan Fangaria on 04-26-2015 at 7:00 am

In last 30+ years, the electronic design industry has seen rapid changes more than any other industry. The change has taken place in the whole electronic ecosystem including semiconductor technology, transistor design, IC / SoC design, PCB, and system design. Today, a PCB can be very complex connecting several heterogeneous… Read More


Automating PCB Timing Closure, Saving Up to 67%

Automating PCB Timing Closure, Saving Up to 67%
by Daniel Payne on 03-05-2014 at 10:10 am

The benefits of using EDA software is that it can automate a manual process, like PCB timing closure, saving you both time and engineering effort. This point was demonstrated today as Cadenceadded new timing-closure automation to their Allegroproduct family, calling it Allegro TimingVision. On Tuesday I spoke with Hemant ShahRead More