Cadence Virtuoso System Requirements Official

export CDS_TMP=/scratch/$USER/cds_temp

| Design size (transistors / standard cells) | Recommended RAM | |--------------------------------------------|----------------| | Small analog blocks (op-amp, LDO) | 16–32 GB | | Medium mixed-signal (PLL, ADC up to 10-bit) | 32–64 GB | | Large SerDes, DDR PHY, RF transceiver | 64–128 GB | | Full chip analog + extracted parasitics | 128–256 GB | | Extremely large (automotive, server-class) | 256–512 GB | cadence virtuoso system requirements