Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has released Cadence OrCAD X Design Platform 2024. This update focuses on usability, integrated analyses, and automation, which includes areas such as BOM forecasting and predictive analytics, data management, PCB layout, routing improvements, and signal integrity.

OrCAD X and Allegro X are the latest upgrades from the respective Cadence circuit design software.
OrCAD X is the latest release of the OrCAD design platform, intended to provide designers with a best-in-class and comprehensive PCB design and layout environment with the new OrCAD X Presto PCB Editor. The focus of OrCAD X is to streamline and simplify the usability and customization of tools to keep designers engaged with the board design. The new user interface makes it easy to accelerate printed circuit development .
Allegro X offers additional functionality, but both are extremely capable of meeting the challenges of modern-day printed circuit DFM.
Designers interested in OrCAD X or Allegro X are well served to see how easy and powerful circuit design can be. And just like their predecessors, OrCAD X and Allegro X have the support of Cadence’s PCB Design and Analysis Software for a seamless and thorough dsign process.