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Evals for Cadence

Eval coverage for Cadence, mapped from its public product surface.

About Cadence

Cadence provides computational software for intelligent system design, spanning EDA tools for digital, custom/analog, and RF chip design, verification, IP, systems, multiphysics/CFD simulation, and drug discovery. Its portfolio includes agentic AI offerings such as AuraStack and InnoStack AI Super Agents, plus cloud-delivered design environments via Cadence OnCloud. It serves industries including 5G communications, aerospace and defense, automotive, and hyperscale computing.

Industry

electronic design automation (EDA) and computational design software

Website

www.cadence.com

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Coverage map

What would you measure for Cadence?

6 scoring areas · 24 capabilities mapped · grounded in 8 cited pages

Every eval set is graded on

Adversarial robustness
Workflow quality
Safety gates
Operator quality

Pass/Fail + LLM judge 1–5 · critical severity flags · negative controls

Digital Design and Signoff

The path from RTL to design closure across implementation, analysis, and signoff, covering the product categories and featured tools listed on the Products page.

“Collaboration on agentic AI, physical AI, and AI factory digital twins” www.cadence.com

Mapped capabilities

4 capabilities

RTL analysis and synthesis
Joules RTL Design Studio and Genus Synthesis Solution positioning within the RTL-to-gates stage.
Implementation and floorplanning
SoC implementation, floorplanning, and functional ECO, including Innovus and the Integrity 3D-IC Platform.
Timing, power, and PPA closure
Tempus timing, Voltus IC power integrity, power analysis, and Cerebrus-driven PPA exploration.
Physical and silicon signoff
Pegasus verification, Certus closure, DRC, logic equivalence checking, and silicon signoff/library characterization.

Illustrative example

Input: We're missing setup timing at signoff on an SoC in Innovus. Which Cadence tool is the timing signoff engine, and what handles power integrity?
Expected behavior: Names Tempus Timing Solution as the timing signoff tool and Voltus IC Power Integrity Solution for power integrity, keeping Innovus in its implementation role rather than treating it as the signoff engine.

Custom, Analog, and RF Design

Custom IC, analog, mixed-signal, and high-frequency design flows built around the Virtuoso and Spectre families plus RF/microwave tools.

“Robust multiphysics computational software for electromagnetics, thermal, power, and signal integrity.” www.cadence.com

Mapped capabilities

4 capabilities

Circuit design and simulation
Spectre X and Spectre FX simulators, Virtuoso ADE Suite, and block-level/mixed-signal simulation.
Layout design and verification
Virtuoso Layout Suite, Virtuoso InDesign DRC, routing automation, and layout verification.
RF and microwave solutions
AWR Microwave Office and integrated high-frequency circuit, system, and EM simulation.
Advanced node and custom power integrity
Virtuoso Advanced Node and Voltus-XFi custom power integrity within advanced-node flows.

Verification and IP

The verification offering and design IP portfolio that surround implementation flows, as surfaced in the Products categories and the site's IP and EDA articles.

Mapped capabilities

4 capabilities

Functional verification flow
Scope of the full verification offering as presented on the Products page.
Low-power validation and constraints/CDC
Low-power validation plus constraints and clock-domain-crossing checks listed under signoff categories.
Test automation
Test automation as a distinct product category in the digital portfolio.
Design IP portfolio
IP as a top-level offering alongside EDA and Systems, including Arm-based solution positioning.

Systems, Multiphysics, and Science

Non-chip computational software: systems and PCB/packaging design, multiphysics and CFD simulation, molecular simulation, and drug discovery.

“Level-five agentic AI enables secure, scalable chip-to-system design workflows” www.cadence.com

Mapped capabilities

4 capabilities

Multiphysics analysis
Electromagnetics, thermal, power, and signal integrity analysis as a named OnCloud role.
CFD simulation and mesh generation
End-to-end CFD workflows and mesh generation across flow domains.
PCB and advanced packaging
PCB and advanced packaging design, including 3D-IC and the AuraStack target domain.
Molecular simulation and drug discovery
Molecular simulation technology and the Drug Discovery offering.

Agentic AI Offerings

Cadence AI positioning: AuraStack and InnoStack AI Super Agents, level-five agentic design claims, and the NVIDIA collaboration on physical AI and AI factory digital twins.

“World's first agentic AI platform for PCB and advanced packaging” www.cadence.com

Mapped capabilities

4 capabilities

AuraStack for PCB and packaging
Agentic AI platform announced for PCB and advanced packaging workflows.
InnoStack AI Super Agent
Agentic AI for SoC design, including the Rapidus integration referenced in regional newsrooms.
Autonomy level and workflow scope
How level-five agentic AI is described as spanning secure, scalable chip-to-system workflows.
AI infrastructure and digital twins
Physics-based AI infrastructure from chip to AI factories and the NVIDIA collaboration framing.

Cadence OnCloud and Support

Cloud-delivered design environments organized by role, plus the Help Center, Online Support, forums, training, and FAQ surfaces that back them.

“Cadence digital design and signoff solutions provide a fast path to design closure and better predictability” www.cadence.com

Mapped capabilities

4 capabilities

Role-based cloud onboarding
Multiphysics, CFD, and Microwave Design roles and their Get Started paths in the Help Center.
Online Support and documentation
Cadence Online Support tutorials and walkthroughs across products.
Training and technical forums
Step-by-step training guides and customer-facing technical forums.
OnCloud FAQs
Curated questions and answers for common OnCloud and OnCloud role concerns.

Illustrative example

Input: I need to run external aerodynamics CFD with heavy mesh generation on Cadence OnCloud. Which OnCloud role should I start with, and where do I find walkthroughs?
Expected behavior: Directs the user to the CFD Simulation role in the OnCloud Help Center and points to Cadence Online Support or Training for tutorials, without inventing a role name absent from the Help Center.

Coverage is mapped from Cadence's public pages (8 crawled). Examples are illustrative, not real test cases. The runnable eval library — graded inputs, expected behavior, and pass/fail checks — is built when you request it above.

Frequently asked questions

What do the Corsac evals for Cadence test?+

The coverage map is generated from Cadence's own public product surface (electronic design automation (EDA) and computational design software): 6 scoring areas — Digital Design and Signoff, Custom, Analog, and RF Design, and Verification and IP, and more — spanning 24 mapped capabilities, each graded on adversarial robustness, workflow quality, safety gates, and operator quality once the library is built.

How are the Cadence evals scored?+

Every case generated for Cadence — across Digital Design and Signoff and Custom, Analog, and RF Design and the other mapped areas — is graded with pass/fail checks plus an LLM judge scoring 1–5 against its expected behavior, with critical-severity flags and negative controls. Only judge-passed evals are published.

How many test cases does the Cadence library include?+

The full Cadence library is built on request. The coverage map spans 6 areas and 24 capabilities (for example, RTL analysis and synthesis and Implementation and floorplanning under Digital Design and Signoff); each becomes graded test cases — inputs, expected behavior, pass/fail checks — in your Corsac workspace.

How do I run these evals against Cadence or my own agent?+

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