Cadence Advances RF Design with the Latest AWR Design Environment Platform

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Jun 22, 2021

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced AWR Design Environment® Version 16 (V16) with groundbreaking cross-platform interoperability to support RF to millimeter wave (mmWave) intellectual property (RF IP) integration for heterogeneous technology development across the industry-leading Cadence® Virtuoso® design platform as well as the Allegro® PCB and IC package design platforms. The V16 release also introduces seamless integration with the Clarity 3D Solver and Celsius Thermal Solver, delivering unconstrained capacity for electrothermal performance analysis of large-scale and complex RF systems. The new AWR Design Environment, including Microwave Office® circuit design software, enables customers to efficiently design 5G wireless and connected systems forautomotive, radar systems, and semiconductor technologies and get to market faster. Platform and solver integration in the V16 release provides up to a 50% reduction in turnaround time (TAT) compared to competing workflows.