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Hello,What kind of things do we need to consider for DFM during 90nm chip physical design?Thanks.Amare
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View ArticleStatic and Dynamic IR drop analysis
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I came across a tool within Allegro a while ago that illustrated the use of a command that allowed a user to draw a series of contiguous lines (not Clines) with a uniform spacing. I can't seem to find...
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I would like to install Orcad 9.0 Capture and Layout on a Windows 8 64-bit laptop. What do I need to do to run the installation?
View Articlehow to refresh the .brd file in OrCAD PCB Editor?
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View ArticleNo Insufficient Memory Promble in PSS/Pnoise simulation
Hi,I have some promblems on VCO Post-simulation of PSS and Pnoise. The Frequency of the VCO is 20GHz. When I simulate the schematic, everything is good. But when I comes to Post-simulation, there will...
View ArticleEnable recording from the sequence
Hi, I'm trying to record sequence_item from the sequence using the following code;task body(); repeat(10) begin wait_for_grant(); frame = norm_seq_item::type_id::create("frame"); begin_tr(50);//50 is...
View ArticleConvert schematic to Verilog file
Hi All, could you please help how to get verilog file from schematic. Regards,Rambabu
View ArticlePcell symbol creation using SKILL
Hi, I'm using SKILL code as below to generate a Pcell symbol (i.e. number of symbol terminals depend on CDF parameter).However, every time when I load these code in CIW (i.e. IC615) into a library...
View ArticleADE XL and ocean scripts
Hi,I'm trying to run simple ocean scripts from ADE XL in cadence IC 615. To begin with I only run a simple transient simulation. I specify the test under Tests in the data view and load a saved state...
View ArticleSchematic slows down while reading unnecessary logs
Hello,Sometimes when I open ADE GXL files within some cell, i notice about 15-20 second freezing, after that cell opens normally. Then when I look at CIW, I see: WARNING (ADEXL-1924): Could not get...
View ArticleschViewToView
Hi all, I want to write a skill file to update standard cell librarie all symbols with VDD/VSS pins.There exits all symbol view.When I use the "schViewToView()" function, I want to select the...
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I took a look already at OS support matrix here:http://www.cadence.com/rl/Resources/release_info/Supported_Platforms_Matrix.pdf And we would like to make some final decision regarding which OS to...
View Articledbcommands
Hi how to give adress of timing library and other valuies using this command dbNetEvalDelayAndTran netPtr timeArcPtr rise_delay(ns) rise_trans(ns) fall_delay(ns) fall_trans(ns) RightNow for reporting...
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