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Cadence Unveils Next-Generation Virtuoso Platform Featuring Advanced Analog Verification Technologies and 10X Performance Improvements Across PlatformSAN JOSE, Calif., April 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced the delivery of the next-generation Virtuoso® platform which offers designers an average of 10X performance and capacity improvement across the platform. The platform includes new technologies within the Cadence® Virtuoso Analog Design Environment (ADE) and enhancements to the Cadence Virtuoso Layout Suite to address requirements for automotive safety, medical device and Internet of Things (IoT) applications.  For more information on the Virtuoso ADE product suite, please visit www.cadence.com/news/virtuosoade, and for more information on the Virtuoso Layout Suite, go to www.cadence.com/news/virtuosols. Next-Generation Virtuoso ADE Product Suite The next-generation Cadence Virtuoso ADE product suite addresses the challenges that come with the emergence of new industry standards, advanced-node designs and the requirements for system design, enabling engineers to fully explore, analyze and verify designs to ensure that design intent is maintained throughout the design cycle. Enhanced data handling provides up to 20X improvement in loading waveform databases in excess of 1GB and a 50X improvement in versioning and loading set-up files into the environment. The suite's key technologies include:
Virtuoso Layout Suite Enhancements The enhanced Virtuoso Layout Suite addresses the most complex layout challenges by offering accelerated performance and productivity for custom analog, digital and mixed-signal designs at the device, cell, block and chip levels. The suite's latest updates provide the following enhancements:
"Customers have continually placed their trust in the Cadence Virtuoso platform for more than 25 years, taping out thousands of designs each year," said Tom Beckley, senior vice president and general manager, Custom IC & PCB Group at Cadence. "The need to do custom design has never been greater, and increasing complexity is driving the need to further simplify the design process so our customers can meet design schedules. Cadence remains at the forefront of custom design innovation with the delivery of our next-generation Virtuoso platform, which enables fast, accurate custom design." About Cadence Cadence enables global electronic design innovation and plays an essential role in the creation of today's integrated circuits and electronics. Customers use Cadence software, hardware, IP and services to design and verify advanced semiconductors, consumer electronics, networking and telecommunications equipment, and computer systems. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with sales offices, design centers and research facilities around the world to serve the global electronics industry. More information about the company, its products and its services is available at www.cadence.com. © 2016 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Cadence, the Cadence logo and Virtuoso are registered trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information, please contact:  Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160405/351463
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