About this tag
The tag 'cadence' on WindowsForum.com primarily refers to Microsoft's predictable monthly security update schedule, known as Update Tuesday or Patch Tuesday. Discussions highlight the history and impact of this cadence, including its introduction in 2003 and its role in improving security preparedness. The tag also appears in the context of hardware release cycles, such as AMD's planned refresh of its GPU lineup in 2010. Overall, the tag covers recurring, scheduled releases in both software security updates and hardware product launches, emphasizing the importance of predictability for users and IT professionals.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Cadence Tools Certified for TSMC A14 and N2P Design Flows

    On September 23, 2026, Cadence Design Systems announced an expanded collaboration with TSMC to enhance support for advanced AI and high-performance computing chip designs, including certification of its design tools for TSMC's latest A14 and N2P processes. That makes Cadence's digital, signoff...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    Cadence ChipStack Speeds Chip Design, Human Sign-Off Remains

    Cadence’s claims that AI agents can compress chip-design work from weeks to days deserve attention from engineers and IT teams supporting semiconductor development—but the company’s own product record shows that the technology remains an engineer-supervised automation layer, not an autonomous...
  3. News

    Microsoft Monthly Security Updates Complete 10-Year Run

    On October 1, 2003, Microsoft announced it would move to a monthly security bulletin cadence. Today, marks 10 years since that first monthly security update. We looked at many ways to improve our security preparedness and patch timing was the number one customer request. Your feedback was clear...
  4. News

    Advance Notification Service for the March 2011 Security Bulletin Release

    Hello all -- Today, as part of our usual monthly bulletin cadence, we are providing our Link Removed due to 404 Error for March's security bulletins. This month we'll release three bulletins, one of them rated Critical and two rated Important, addressing issues in Microsoft Windows and Office...
  5. kemical

    Windows 7 AMD to refresh GPU line up in 2nd half of 2010

    Chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices said during a conference call with financial analysts that the company’s graphics division ATI was on-track to refresh its lineup of graphics cards in the second half of calendar 2010. The mystery, though, is with what the family of graphics...