The Center for Design of Analog-Digital Integrated Circuits, a graduated NSF industry/university cooperative research center established in1989, has been a global powerhouse of innovation in the field of analog, RF, and mixed-signal integrated circuits. By engaging with CDADIC, industry partners have early access to pioneering research and to a promising new generation of engineers, enabling them to leverage the university’s investments to multiply their own. Multiple underpinnings make CDADIC a crucial player in analog-digital circuitry.