est 11 Vehicle Testing Station Officials and Car Owners Arrested for Alleged Fraud By allafrica.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:30:51 GMT [SAPS] - Polokwane based Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation in collaboration with National Traffic Anti-corruption Unit arrested 11 suspects between the ages of 27 and 57 for alleged fraud at various Provinces during operation "SISFIKILE". Full Article Economy Business and Finance Legal and Judicial Affairs South Africa Southern Africa Transport and Shipping
est Almost 12 600 Suspects Arrested and 345 Firearms Recovered During October Operations By allafrica.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:30:55 GMT [SAPS] One hundred and seventy one (171) murder suspects, 261 attempted murder suspects and 250 suspected rapists were among 12 593 suspects who were arrested during various operations by police in KwaZulu-Natal in the month of October. During such operations police also managed to recover 345 firearms and 2 998 rounds of ammunition of various calibre of firearms. Among the recovered firearms were 23 rifles and 17 homemade illegal guns. Full Article Arms and Military Affairs Conflict Peace and Security Legal and Judicial Affairs South Africa Southern Africa
est South Africa's Civil Service Should Be Restructured, but a Plan to Reward Early Retirement Won't Solve the Problem - Economist By allafrica.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:35:55 GMT [The Conversation Africa] South Africa's finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, announced in his October mid-term budget policy statement that cabinet had approved funding for an early retirement programme to reduce the public sector wage bill. R11 billion (about US$627 million) will be allocated over the next two years to pay for the exit costs of 30,000 civil servants while retaining critical skills and promoting the entry of younger talent. Full Article Africa Economy Business and Finance Governance South Africa Southern Africa
est Urgent Intervention Needed to Address Illicit Gun Violence and Resource Shortages in the Western Cape By allafrica.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 04:40:20 GMT [DA] Note to editors: Please find attached soundbite by Ian Cameron MP. Full Article Governance Legal and Judicial Affairs South Africa Southern Africa
est Again, Tyla Beats Asake, Tems, Ayra Starr, Burnaboy, Wins 'Best Afrobeats' at MTV EMA By allafrica.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 05:01:10 GMT [Premium Times] In September, Tyla made headlines at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) for winning the "Best Afrobeats," but she stirred debate by clarifying that she identified with the Amapiano genre rather than Afrobeats Full Article Arts Culture and Entertainment Music South Africa Southern Africa
est Joburg's Water Restrictions Set to Tighten Further As Crisis Deepens By allafrica.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 06:01:29 GMT [Daily Maverick] Office of the Chief Justice reveals Constitutional Court has been unable to sit because of unreliable water supply. This article is free to read.Sign up for free or sign in to continue reading.Unlike our competitors, we don't force you to pay to read the news but we do need your email address to make your experience better.Create your free account or sign in FAQ | Contact Us Nearly there! Create a password to finish signing up with us: You want to receive First Thing, our flagship daily newsletter. Opt Full Article Environment Governance South Africa Southern Africa Water and Sanitation
est adexl remove test By community.cadence.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 07:38:19 GMT Hi,all I want to remove some Tests form adexl automatically,there have any function to achieve that? Full Article
est How to restrict the variable's data type of procedure with @key By community.cadence.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 02:37:35 GMT Hi, I want to define a procedure that with @key, and I also want to restrict the variable's datatype, I tried with folloing but I received error in CIW procedure(tt(handler @key str1 str2 "ssS") printf("handler: %L " handler)) tt('test) The error is like: *Error* tt: argument for keyword ?str1 should be a symbol (type template = "ssS") at line 11 of file Thanks, James Full Article
est Destructive form of "cons" - efficiently prepending an item to a procedure's argument which is a list By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:20:40 GMT Hello, I was looking to destructively and efficiently modify a list that was passed in as an argument to a procedure, by prepending an item to the list. I noticed that cons lets you do this efficiently, but the operation is non-destructive. Hence this wouldn't work if you are trying to modify a function's list parameter in place. Here is an example of trying to add "0" to the front of a list: procedure( attempt_to_prepend_list(l elem) l = cons(elem l) ) a = list(1 2 3) ==> (1 2 3)attempt_to_prepend_list(a 0)==> (0 1 2 3)a==> (1 2 3) As we can see, the original list is not prepended. Here is a function though which achieves the desired result while being efficient. Namely, the following function does not create any new lists and only uses fast methods like cons, rplacd, and rplaca procedure( prepend_list(l elem) ; cons(car(l) cdr(l)) results in a new list with the car(l) duplicated ; we then replace the cdr of l so that we are now pointing to this new list rplacd(l cons(car(l) cdr(l))) ; we replace the previously duplicated car(l) with the element we want rplaca(l elem) ) a = list(1 2 3) ==> (1 2 3)prepend_list(a 0)==> (0 1 2 3)a==> (0 1 2 3) This works for me, but I find it surprising there is no built-in function to do this. Am I perhaps overlooking something in the documentation? I know that tconc is an efficient and destructive way to append items to the end of a list, but there isn't an equivalent for the front of the list? Full Article
est μWaveRiders: Scoring Goals with the Latest AWR Design Environment Optimizer By community.cadence.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 09:55:00 GMT AWR V22.1 software introduces the Pointer-Hybrid optimization method which uses a combination of optimization methods, switching back and forth between methods to efficiently find the lowest optimization error function cost. The optimization algorithm automatically determines when to switch to a different optimization method, making this a superior method over manual selection of algorithms. This method is particularly robust in regards to finding the global minima without getting stuck in a local minima well.(read more) Full Article featured AWR Design Environment Pointer-Hybrid optimizer RF design microwave office global minima Optimization cost Optimizer goals Optimizer methods
est Request information on Tools By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Aug 2023 05:48:04 GMT We are looking for suitable tools that could be used for RTL design, IP-XACT based integration (third party IP) and RTL design verification ( SV / UVM based methodology). Request to share details on the different Cadence tools that is most suitable for these activities. Full Article
est DRC Developers question By community.cadence.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Aug 2023 03:15:35 GMT This document resolved my first query, Article (11638952) Title: How to output power and ground nets to GDSURL: support.cadence.com/.../ArticleAttachmentPortal but now I have 20 power and 20 ground below is my code ------------------------------------------------variable GND "vss1" "vss2" "vss3" ... "vss20"variable VDD "vdd1" "vdd2" "vdd3" ... "vdd20" select_net M1 GND -outputlayer GND_M1select_net M2 GND -outputlayer GND_M2 ...select_net AP GND -outputlayer GND_AP select_net M1 VDD -outputlayer VDD_M1select_net M2 VDD -outputlayer VDD_M2 ...select_net AP VDD -outputlayer VDD_AP rule GND{ copy GND_M1 copy GND_M2 ... copy GND_AP} rule VDD{ copy VDD_M1 copy VDD_M2 ... copy VDD_AP}------------------------------------------------ I want 20 GND and 20 VDD are separately to highlight, like this Can DRC command use for-loop(skill or Tcl) to split the rule?or how can I do to split it? I don't really want to repeat the rule 40 times..haha😅 (use Pegasus 22.21) Full Article
est Asking for a software suggestion. By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 23:05:41 GMT Hi. I'm a very new learner on Cadence. I want to synthesis my logic design for the maximum, minimum and an average results of delay, power dissipation and area under varying multiple inputs of different data. The different data will be exported from other software results. I'm lost on the steps/processes I should do. Could anyone suggest me on which software and/or function or scripts I should use to achieve these results? Full Article
est Quest for Bugs – The Constrained-Random Predicament By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:54:00 GMT Optimize Regression Suite, Accelerate Coverage Closure, and Increase hit count of rare bins using Xcelium Machine Learning. It is easy to use and has no learning curve for existing Xcelium customers. Xcelium Machine Learning Technology helps you discover hidden bugs when used early in your design verification cycle.(read more) Full Article compression throughput machine learning Hard to Hit Bin Coverage Closure Regression simulation
est JEDEC UFS 4.0 for Highest Flash Performance By community.cadence.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 12:30:00 GMT Speed increase requirements keep on flowing by in all the domains surrounding us. The same applies to memory storage too. Earlier mobile devices used eMMC based flash storage, which was a significantly slower technology. With increased SoC processing speed, pairing it with slow eMMC storage was becoming a bottleneck. That is when modern storage technology Universal Flash Storage (UFS) started to gain popularity. UFS is a simple and high-performance mass storage device with a serial interface. It is primarily used in mobile systems between host processing and mass storage memory devices. Another important reason for the usage of UFS in mobile systems like smartphones and tablets is minimum power consumption. To achieve the highest performance and most power-efficient data transport, JEDEC UFS works in collaboration with industry-leading specifications from the MIPI® Alliance to form its Interconnect Layer. MIPI UniPro is used as a transport layer, and MIPI MPHY is used as a physical layer with the serial DpDn interface. UFS 4.0 specification is the latest specification from JEDEC, which leverages UniPro 2.0 and MPHY 5.0 specification standards to achieve the following major improvements: Enables up to 4200 Mbps read/write traffic with MPHY 5.0, allowing 23.29 Gbps data rate. High Speed Link Startup, along with Out of Order Data Transfer and BARRIER Command, were introduced to improve system latencies. Data security is enhanced with Advanced RPMB. Advance RPMB also uses the EHS field of the header, which reduces the number of commands required compared to normal RPMB, increasing the bandwidth. Enhanced Device Error History was introduced to ease system integration. File Based Optimization (FBO) was introduced for performance enhancement. Along with many major enhancements, UFS 4.0 also maintains backward compatibility with UFS 3.0 and UFS 3.1. JEDEC has just announced the UFS 4.0 specification release, quoting Cadence support as a constant contributor in the JEDEC UFS Task Group, actively participating in these specifications development. With the availability of the Cadence Verification IP for JEDEC UFS 4.0, MIPI MPHY 5.0 and MIPI UniPro 2.0, early adopters can start working with the provisional specification immediately, ensuring compliance with the standard and achieving the fastest path to IP and SoC verification closure. More information on Cadence VIP is available at the Cadence VIP Website. Yeshavanth B N Full Article Verification IP Memory UniPro MIPI Alliance IoT VIP JEDEC UFS storage MPHY
est DesignCon Best Paper 2024: Addressing Challenges in PDN Design By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 19:40:00 GMT Explore Impacts of Finite Interconnect Impedance on PDN Characterization Over the past few decades, many details have been worked out in the power distribution network (PDN) in the frequency and time domains. We have simulation tools that can analyze the physical structure from DC to very high frequencies, including spatial variations of the behavior. We also have frequency- and time-domain test methods to measure the steady-state and transient behavior of the built-up systems. All of these pieces in our current toolbox have their own assumptions, limitations, and artifacts, and they constantly raise the challenging question that designers need to answer: How to select the design process, simulation, measurement tools, and processes so that we get reasonable answers within a reasonable time frame with a reasonable budget. Read this award-winning DesignCon 2024 paper titled “Impact of Finite Interconnect Impedance Including Spatial and Domain Comparison of PDN Characterization.” Led by Samtec’s Istvan Novak and written with a team of nine authors from Cadence, Amazon, and Samtec, the paper discusses a series of continually evolving challenges with PDN requirements for cutting-edge designs. Read the full paper now: “Impact of Finite Interconnect Impedance Including Spatial and Domain Comparison of PDN Characterization.” Full Article featured DesignCon PDN signal integrity analysis Signal Integrity PDN Analysis Sigrity
est Accelerate PCB Documentation in OrCAD X Presto with Live Doc By community.cadence.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:05:00 GMT Live Doc is an advanced automated PCB documentation generation tool integrated with OrCAD X Presto designed to streamline the creation of PCB documentation. By automating the generation of PCB fabrication and assembly drawings, Live Doc significantly...(read more) Full Article digital badge Cadence Design Systems Live Doc PCB manufacturing Allegro X PCB Editor 3dx SPB PCB design Training Insights OrCAD X Presto OrCAD X 23.1 PCB fabrication OrCAD Experts PCB Documentation online training 23.1-2023 PCB Gerber
est Training Webinar: Protium X2: Using Save/Restart for Debugging By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 07:19:00 GMT Cadence Protium prototyping platforms rapidly bring up an SoC or system prototype and provide a pre-silicon platform for early software development, SoC verification, system validation, and hardware regressions. In this Training W ebinar, we will explore debugging using Save/Restart on Protium X2 . This feature saves execution time and lets you focus on actual debugging. The system state can be saved before the bug appears and restartS directly from there without spending time in initial execution. We’ll cover key concepts and applications, explore Save/Restart performance metrics, and provide examples to help you understand the concepts. Agenda: The key concepts of debugging using save/restart Capabilities, limitations, and performance metrics Some examples to enable and use save/restart on the Protium X2 system Date and Time Thursday, November 7, 2024 07:00 PST San Jose / 10:00 EST New York / 15:00 GMT London / 16:00 CET Munich / 17:00 IST Jerusalem / 20:30 IST Bangalore / 23:00 CST Beijing REGISTER To register for this webinar, sign in with your Cadence Support account (email ID and password) to log in to the Learning and Support System*. Then select Enrol to register for the session. Once registered, you’ll receive a confirmation email containing all login details. A quick reminder: If you haven’t received a registration confirmation within 1 hour of registering, please check your spam folder and ensure your pop-up blockers are off and cookies are enabled. For issues with registration or other inquiries, reach out to eur_training_webinars@cadence.com . Want to See More Webinars? You can find recordings of all past webinars here Like This Topic? Take this opportunity and register for the free online course related to this webinar topic: Protium Introduction Training The course includes slides with audio and downloadable lab exercises designed to emphasize the topics covered in the lecture. There is also a Digital Badge available for the training. Want to share this and other great Cadence learning opportunities with someone else? Tell them to subscribe . Hungry for Training? Choose the Cadence Training Menu that’s right for you. To view our complete training offerings, visit the Cadence Training website . Related Courses Protium Introduction Training Course | Cadence Palladium Introduction Training Course | Cadence Related Blogs Training Insights – A New Free Online Course on the Protium System for Beginner and Advanced Users Training Insights – Palladium Emulation Course for Beginner and Advanced Users Related Training Bytes Protium Flow Steps for Running Design on Protium System ICE and IXCOM mode comparison ICE compile flow IXCOM compile flow PATH settings for using Protium System Please see the course learning maps for a visual representation of courses and course relationships. Regional course catalogs may be viewed here Full Article
est Celebrating Milestones: The Cadence Bangalore Toastmasters Club’s Journey By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:00:00 GMT On November 5, 2024, the Cadence Bangalore Toastmasters Club celebrated a significant milestone by hosting its 50th meeting. Established in December 2020, the club was created to provide a supportive environment for individuals looking to improve their communication and leadership skills. Over the years, the club has evolved into a vibrant community filled with success stories of personal development and newfound confidence. A testament to the club's dedication is its achievement of the "Select Distinguished Club" status during the 2023-2024 program year. By fulfilling 7 out of 10 distinguished goals, the club highlighted its commitment to excellence—a success driven by its vibrant members' relentless focus and perseverance. The strategic insight gained from regular Toastmasters committee meetings and the influential "Moments of Truth" sessions held in 2023 and 2024 are key to this success. Our club members have consistently demonstrated strong performance in various speech contests, with notable achievements across multiple levels. In 2023, members excelled in Evaluation and Table Topics contests, reaching the district level while advancing to the Division Level in the International Speech Contest. Continuing their success into 2024, members again qualified for area-level contests, securing third-place positions in the Evaluation and Table Topics categories, highlighting the club's dedication and competitive spirit. The 50th meeting was based on the theme of serendipity. It was not only a milestone celebration but also a vibrant festival of achievements and growth. The day buzzed with energy as activities like a spirited Treasure Hunt injected enthusiasm and camaraderie among attendees. Distinguished guests, including Kripa Venkitachalam and Madhavi Rao, enriched the occasion with inspiring speeches. Madhavi reignited the club's spirit, while Kripa's discourse on the Growth Mindset and the "Power of Yet" encouraged members to pursue continuous self-improvement. The Cadence Bangalore Toastmasters Club is enthusiastic about its promising future and is committed to creating an environment that promotes personal and professional growth. Many members are close to completing their Toastmasters levels and pathways, and this term, a new group of approximately 30 individuals has joined, bringing the total membership to 52. This vibrant community is just beginning its journey and is eager to reach new milestones together through mutual support and a shared commitment to excellence. The transformations experienced by many club members are truly compelling. They often share how the club has significantly improved their communication skills and boosted their confidence. One member recalls, "Before joining, I found public speaking intimidating. Now, I embrace every opportunity to share my ideas." Another member highlights how the club's supportive environment helped him overcome his fear of public speaking, propelling his career to new heights. This culture of constructive feedback and continuous improvement has inspired countless members to pursue their dreams with renewed determination and optimism. The Cadence Bangalore Toastmasters Club's journey is a living testament to the power of community and the potential within each of us to grow and achieve greatness. As the club continues to evolve and inspire, it serves as a beacon for those aspiring to transform their skills and seize their moment in the spotlight. Learn more about life at Cadence. Full Article
est Can't request Tensilica SDK - Error 500 By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:25:12 GMT Hi, I'm looking to download Tensilica SDK for evaluation, but I can't get past the registration form: Full Article
est Population Is Not a Problem, but Our Greatest Strength By indiauncut.com Published On :: 2019-06-09T03:27:29+00:00 This is the 21st installment of The Rationalist, my column for the Times of India. When all political parties agree on something, you know you might have a problem. Giriraj Singh, a minister in Narendra Modi’s new cabinet, tweeted this week that our population control law should become a “movement.” This is something that would find bipartisan support – we are taught from school onwards that India’s population is a big problem, and we need to control it. This is wrong. Contrary to popular belief, our population is not a problem. It is our greatest strength. The notion that we should worry about a growing population is an intuitive one. The world has limited resources. People keep increasing. Something’s gotta give. Robert Malthus made just this point in his 1798 book, An Essay on the Principle of Population. He was worried that our population would grow exponentially while resources would grow arithmetically. As more people entered the workforce, wages would fall and goods would become scarce. Calamity was inevitable. Malthus’s rationale was so influential that this mode of thinking was soon called ‘Malthusian.’ (It is a pejorative today.) A 20th-century follower of his, Harrison Brown, came up with one of my favourite images on this subject, arguing that a growing population would lead to the earth being “covered completely and to a considerable depth with a writhing mass of human beings, much as a dead cow is covered with a pulsating mass of maggots.” Another Malthusian, Paul Ehrlich, published a book called The Population Bomb in 1968, which began with the stirring lines, “The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now.” Ehrlich was, as you’d guess, a big supporter of India’s coercive family planning programs. ““I don’t see,” he wrote, “how India could possibly feed two hundred million more people by 1980.” None of these fears have come true. A 2007 study by Nicholas Eberstadt called ‘Too Many People?’ found no correlation between population density and poverty. The greater the density of people, the more you’d expect them to fight for resources – and yet, Monaco, which has 40 times the population density of Bangladesh, is doing well for itself. So is Bahrain, which has three times the population density of India. Not only does population not cause poverty, it makes us more prosperous. The economist Julian Simon pointed out in a 1981 book that through history, whenever there has been a spurt in population, it has coincided with a spurt in productivity. Such as, for example, between Malthus’s time and now. There were around a billion people on earth in 1798, and there are around 7.7 billion today. As you read these words, consider that you are better off than the richest person on the planet then. Why is this? The answer lies in the title of Simon’s book: The Ultimate Resource. When we speak of resources, we forget that human beings are the finest resource of all. There is no limit to our ingenuity. And we interact with each other in positive-sum ways – every voluntary interactions leaves both people better off, and the amount of value in the world goes up. This is why we want to be part of economic networks that are as large, and as dense, as possible. This is why most people migrate to cities rather than away from them – and why cities are so much richer than towns or villages. If Malthusians were right, essential commodities like wheat, maize and rice would become relatively scarcer over time, and thus more expensive – but they have actually become much cheaper in real terms. This is thanks to the productivity and creativity of humans, who, in Eberstadt’s words, are “in practice always renewable and in theory entirely inexhaustible.” The error made by Malthus, Brown and Ehrlich is the same error that our politicians make today, and not just in the context of population: zero-sum thinking. If our population grows and resources stays the same, of course there will be scarcity. But this is never the case. All we need to do to learn this lesson is look at our cities! This mistaken thinking has had savage humanitarian consequences in India. Think of the unborn millions over the decades because of our brutal family planning policies. How many Tendulkars, Rahmans and Satyajit Rays have we lost? Think of the immoral coercion still carried out on poor people across the country. And finally, think of the condescension of our politicians, asserting that people are India’s problem – but always other people, never themselves. This arrogance is India’s greatest problem, not our people. The India Uncut Blog © 2010 Amit Varma. All rights reserved. Follow me on Twitter. Full Article
est "net logic" question By community.cadence.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 22:52:28 GMT hello: i use the command "net logic" to change/assign the net name of the pins but the command can be used for only one pin at a time. is there a way to change/assign the same net name on 100 pins all at once? i have a daisy chain design so i need to assign one net name for 100s of pins. ======== thank you david, i was able to do it. i am writing this section because i can not reply to your comment. Full Article
est Noise summary data per sub-block in Maestro output expressions By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:56:24 GMT Hi, I have a question about printing noise summary via maestro output expressions. How can I print noise data using output expressions, for multiple levels of the hierarchy? I have found this article which describe the procedure using ocnGenNoiseSummary() function: https://support.cadence.com/apex/ArticleAttachmentPortal?id=a1Od0000007MViHEAW&pageName=ArticleContent I see also Andrew Beckett referring to the above mentioned article as a solution to a similar question: community.cadence.com/.../noise-summary-per-instance However, this seems to work only if I'm to extract noise data from a single level of hierarchy. If I have the output expression "ocnGenNoiseSummary(2 ?result 'hbnoise)", it will generate a "noisesummary" directory under results directory for a hierarchy level of 2. If I am to extract data from various hierarchy levels, I should be able to generate multiple noise summary directories, such as noisesummary1, noisesummary2 where they correspond to "ocnGenNoiseSummary(1 ?result 'hbnoise)" & "ocnGenNoiseSummary(2 ?result 'hbnoise)", respectively. However this does not seem to be possible. Can you please advice? Thanks. My Cadence version: IC23.1-64b.ISR7.27 BR, Denizhan Karaca Full Article
est Config sweep View in Tests By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:28:38 GMT Hi all, I have a question regarding how to sweep the config view without using a global variable. I’d like to set a different config view for each test, and I'm trying to avoid using corners or plan. Any suggestions on how to achieve this? Thanks in advance for your help! Best,MooH Full Article
est How to Set Up a Config View to Easily Switch Between Schematic and Calibre of DUT for Multiple Testbenches? By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:22:53 GMT Hello everyone, I hope you're all doing well. I’ve set up two testbenches (TB1 and TB2) for my Design Under Test (DUT) using Cadence IC6.1.8-64b.500.21 tools, as shown in the attached figure. The DUT has multiple views available: schematic, Calibre, Maestro, and Symbol, and each testbench uses the same DUT in different scenarios. Currently, I have to manually switch between these views, but I would like to streamline this process. My goal is to use a single config view that allows me to switch between the schematic and the extracted (Calibre) views. Ideally, I would like to have a configuration file where making changes once would update both testbenches (TB1 and TB2) automatically. In other words, when I modify one config, both testbenches should reflect this update for a single simulation run. I would really appreciate it if you could guide me on the following: How to create a config view for my DUT that can be used to easily switch between the schematic and extracted views, impacting both TB1 and TB2. Where to specify view priorities or other settings to control which view is used during simulation. Best practices for using a config file in this scenario, so that it ensures consistency across multiple testbenches. Please refer to the attached figure to get a better understanding of the setup I’m using, where both TB1 and TB2 include the same DUT with multiple available views. Thank you so much for your time and assistance! Full Article
est Using vManager to identify line coverage from a specific test By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:20:52 GMT I have been using the rank feature to identify tests that are redundant in our environment, but then I realized I'd also like to be able to see exactly what coverage goes into increasing the delta_cov value for a given test. If I had a test in my rank report that contributed 0.5% of the delta_cov, how could I got about seeing exactly where that 0.5% was coming from? It seems like that might be part of the correlate function, but I couldn't mange to find a way to see what specific coverage was being contributed for a given test. Full Article
est latest Specman-Matlab package By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:56:14 GMT Attached is the latest revision of the venerable Specman-Matlab package (Lead Application Engineer Jangook Lee is the latest to have refreshed it for a customer in Asia to support 64 bit mode. Look for a guest blog post from him on this package shortly.)There is a README file inside the package that gives a detailed overview, shows how to run a demo and/or validate it’s installed correctly, and explains the general test flow. The test file included in the package called "test_get_cmp_mdim.e" shows all the capabilities of the package, including:* Using Specman to initialize and tear down the Matlab engine in batch mode* Issuing Matlab commands from e-code, using the Specman command prompt to load .m files, initializing variables, and other operational tasks.* Transfering data to and from the Matlab engine to Specman / an e language test bench* Comparing data of previously retrieved Matlab arrays* Accessing Matlab arrays from e-code without converting them to e list data structure* Convert Matlab arrays into e-listsHappy coding!Team Specman Full Article
est Test point creation workflow recommendations? By community.cadence.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:08:17 GMT I am trying to figure out the most efficient workflow for adding test points. My use case involves adding ~100 or so SMT pads at the bottom for bed-of-nails ICT test that are required to be on a test point grid. A lot of the nets are on the top or from inner layers and so have to be brought to the bottom using stubs. I'm used to Xpediiton workflow of being able to set a test point padstack, set a test point grid, and then select a net, add the test point to the bottom layer on the grid with that net attached and then route the stub with gridless routing. In Orcad, it seems I need to route the stub, switch layer pairs to be both bottom once I bring the stub to the bottom and then change the grid to be the test point grid and then add the test point on the grid. It requires a lot of clicks, very mistake prone requiring lots of oops and very slow for 100+ test points to be brought out at the bottom. I'm sure there is a better way that is used by folks with a lot of Orcad experience. Any suggestions? Full Article
est Test Your Know How : Allegro in Design Analysis By community.cadence.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:05:38 GMT Which Analysis is Being Performed by Allegro in this Image? A. Impedance B. Coupling C. Crosstalk D. Return Path E. Reflection Simply answer by letter or include any reason to support your answer... Full Article
est Is Design Power Estimation Lowering Your Power? Delegate and Relax! By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:00:00 GMT The traditional methods of power analysis lag by various shortcomings and challenges: Getting an accurate measure of RTL power consumption during design exploration Getting consistent power through the design progress from RTL to P&R. System-level verification tools are disconnected from the implementation tools that translate RTL to gates and wires. The Cadence Joules RTL Power Solution closes this gap by delivering time-based RTL power analysis with system-level runtimes, capacity, and high-quality estimates of gates and wires based on production implementation technology. The Cadence Joules RTL Power Solution is an RTL power analysis tool that provides a unified engine to compute gate netlist power and estimate RTL power. The Joules solution delivers 20X faster time-based RTL power analysis and can analyze multi-million instance designs overnight, with impressive accuracy within 15% of signoff power. Moreover, it integrates seamlessly with numerous Cadence platforms, eliminating compatibility and correlation issues! In addition, the Joules RTL Power Solution GUI (Graphical User Interface) helps you analyze/debug the power estimation/results using several GUI capabilities. Want to take a tour of this power estimation world? Gear up to attend the training class created just for you to dive deep into the entire flow and explore this exciting power estimation method/flow with hands-on labs in two days! Training In the Joules Power Calculator Training course, you will identify solutions and features for RTL power using Cadence Joules RTL Power Solution. You will set up and run the RTL power flow with Joules RTL Power Solution and identify Joules's Graphical User Interface (GUI) capabilities. The training also explores how you can estimate power using vectorless power, stimulus flow, RTL Stim to Gate flow, and replay flow, and also interfaces Joules with Cadence's Palladium Emulation Platform. You will estimate power at the chip level and understand how to navigate the design and data mining using Joules. The training also covers power exploration features and how to analyze ideal power and ODC-driven sequential clock gating. You will identify low-activity registers at the clock gate. You will also identify techniques to analyze power, generate various reports, and analyze results through Joules GUI. The training covers multiple strategies to debug low stimulus annotation and how you can better correlate RTL power with signoff. You also identify Genus-Joules Integration. In addition, we ensure that your learning journey is smooth with hands-on labs covering various design scenarios. Lab Videos To start you on your exciting journey as an RTL power analysis expert, we have created a series of short channel lab videos on our Customer Support site: Lab Demo: Setting Up and Running Basic RTL Power Flow in Joules RTL Power Solution (Video). You can refer to each lab module's instructions in demo format. This will help accelerate your tool ramp-up and help you perform the lab steps more quickly if you are stuck. You might be a beginner in the RTL power analysis world, but we can help you sail through it smoothly. What's Next? Grab your badge after finishing the training and flaunt your expertise! Related Training Genus Low-Power Synthesis Flow with IEEE 1801 Low-Power Synthesis Flow with Genus Stylus Common UI Related Blogs Do You Want to Flaunt Your Expertise? Grab the Digital Badge Today! Become Cadence Certified Let's Replay the Process of Power Estimation with the Power of 'x' Let's Discover the Secret to Enhance Design's PPAC in a Single Cockpit What's Inside Joules Graphical User Interface Joules – Power Exploration Capabilities Full Article digital badge estimation annotation Joules Analysis training bytes RTL Solution power online training Online Support Joules RTL Design Studio
est The Best Way to Learn – Cadence Cerebrus AI-Driven Design Implementation By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 04:49:00 GMT The Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer is a revolutionary, machine learning-driven, automated approach to chip design flow optimization. Block engineers specify the design goals, and Cadence Cerebrus will intelligently optimize the Cadence digital full flow to meet the power, performance, and area (PPA) goals in a completely automated way. Use Cerebrus Apps to optimize some aspects of the design as well. Running a full RTL to GDSII flow, Cadence Cerebrus has a lot of possibilities and combinations of different tool settings to explore. Using the knowledge from previous runs, combined with on-the-fly analysis within the flow, Cadence Cerebrus can assess many settings combinations and fine-tune the flow accordingly in a very efficient manner. As technology advances, projects become bigger and way more complex than before. The ability of a single engineer to run simultaneously a large number of blocks in a traditional way is limited. Cadence Cerebrus allows a single engineer to work more efficiently and implement more blocks, while maintaining the same or even better PPA, using compute power. Being such a revolutionary tool, integrating Cerebrus into your existing flow is surprisingly simple as it can wrap around any existing flow scripts. Please join me in this course, to learn about the features and basics of Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer. We’ll walk through the tool setting stage, explain what is a primitive and how it effects our run, talk about the cost function and the run goals. We’ll understand the concept of scenarios, learn how to analyze the results of the different runs, and compare them. In addition, we’ll talk about basic debug rules and methods to analyze failures. Sounds Interesting? Please join our “live” one-day Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer Training @Cadence Feldkirchen planned for October 9th, 2024! For more details and registration, please contact Training Germany. If you would like to have an instructor-led training session in another region please contact your local training department. Become Cadence Certified Cadence Training Services offers a digital badge for this training course. This badge indicates proficiency in a certain technology or skill and gives you a way to validate your expertise to managers and potential employers. You can highlight your expertise by adding this digital badge to your email signature or any social media platform, such as Facebook or LinkedIn. Related Training Innovus Block Implementation with Stylus Common UI Related Training Bytes Cerebrus Primitives (Video) How to Reuse Cerebrus (Video) Cerebrus - Verifying Distribution Script (Video) How to distribute Cerebrus Scenarios (Video) Cerebrus Web Interface Monitor and Control (Video) How to Setup Cerebrus for a Successful Run (Video) Flow Wrapping: The Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer Must Have (Webinar) (Video) Cerebrus Cost Functions (Video) Related Blogs Training Insights: Cadence Cerebrus Webinar Recording Now Available! Keep Up with the Revolution—Cadence Cerebrus Training New to Equivalence Checking? Restart from the Basic Concepts Training Insights - Free Online Courses on Cadence Learning and Support Portal Training Insights – Important Facts You Should know About Our Cadence Learning and Support Portal Full Article digital badge live training cerebrus Cadence training cadence learning and support
est Free zones offer safe haven to investors By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:14:37 +0000 The chief executive of Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ), shares his views over the perks of free zones in emerging markets. Full Article
est Viewpoint: In emerging states, more investment isn’t enough By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:41:41 +0000 Emerging states must re-orientate their investment efforts to increasingly target those with an outsized social impact Full Article
est Tanzanian tourism boom undermined by investor concerns By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:27:06 +0000 Tanzania's economy is booming and its tourism sector is thriving. However, concerns about the president's strong-arm tactics and delays in the completion of key infrastructure projects are threatening this growth. Full Article
est Kenya Treasury chief ramps up reforms to grow investment By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:24:07 +0000 Kenya’s cabinet secretary for the national treasury and planning, Ukur Yatani, discusses the country’s agenda of fiscal reforms and the importance of constructing an east-west Africa highway. Full Article
est UK regions fight for a share of inward investment By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:23:13 +0000 The UK’s prime minister has pledged to rebalance the UK economy away from a dominant London. However, this might require greater incentives for foreign investment in the regions outside of the capital, which are underperforming. Full Article
est Trentino pioneers sustainable approach to cinema investment By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:26:50 +0000 Sustainability is gaining traction in the creative industries, with the Italian region of Trentino designing a film production rating protocol that is being considered by the EU. Full Article
est fDi's European Cities and Regions of the Future 2020/21 - FDI Strategy: North Rhine-Westphalia takes regional crown By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:24:59 +0000 North Rhine-Westphalia is fDi's top large region for FDI Strategy, with the Basque Country topping the table for mid-sized regions and Ireland South East first among small regions. Full Article
est Rhineland-Palatinate moves up a gear in investment attraction By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:18:17 +0000 From historically underperforming when compared with its peers, the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate is now attracting major investment projects on the back of its auto and electrification expertise. Full Article
est Serbia's automotive companies drive inward investment By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:41:16 +0000 Foreign investment into Serbia is growing at a healthy pace thanks to its attractive automotive manufacturing industry and highly regarded free zones. Full Article
est Gulf region loosens foreign investment laws By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 10:49:06 +0000 The Gulf region is making extensive reforms to its foreign investment landscape in an effort to attract foreign investors to sectors outside oil and gas, according to a recent report by PwC. Full Article
est US-Iran feud casts new investment shadow over Middle East By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 12:53:15 +0000 FDI levels have already fallen throughout Iran's main sphere of influence in the region. Full Article
est Kyiv seeks amusement park investors By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:53:32 +0000 $73.8m mega-project will be the first of its kind in the city. Full Article
est Verisk Maplecroft report predicts civil unrest to continue in 2020 By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:49:05 +0000 Escalation in protests across the globe in 2019 are forecast to persist into the new decade, according to Verisk Maplecroft report. Full Article
est France ups investment screening By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:07:34 +0000 Investors in France will face greater scrutiny under extended legislation. Full Article
est fDi Index: investors carried weak sentiment into January as coronavirus threat emerged By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 10:56:11 +0000 Announced greenfield projects into China plummeted in early 2020 with the US and Europe taking the lion's share of global foreign investment. Full Article
est Auckland’s tourism draws major investment opportunities By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 13:31:23 +0000 Steve Armitage, general manager of destination at Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development explains why the New Zealand city’s international profile is growing so fast. Full Article
est Developing nations dominate free zone investment flows By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 13:01:43 +0000 Global free zones may be spurring development in less economically developed countries Full Article
est Chinese investment to Europe at record high By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:23:50 +0000 Sino-European foreign direct investment is converging, according to data from fDi Markets. Full Article
est Zibo hopes to score investment goals By master-7rqtwti-2nwxk3tn3ebiq.eu-2.platformsh.site Published On :: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:23:45 +0000 The eastern Chinese city of Zibo is recognised as the official birthplace of football. However, its local government is hoping it will soon be known for its excellence in the chemical, medical and manufacturing industries. Full Article