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Gives list of package names and what they associate to.
  
This is a WORK IN PROGRESS and may not be accurate
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http://sourcelink.cadence.com/en/infomgmt/DisplayStaticLink.jhtml?/docs/files/Release_Info/Docs/landing/Rel_List_Full.html
  
*Incisize: Verification Platform
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There are a variety of different commands that will start the Virtuoso environment. The different commands will include different packages in the actual executable,
*IES: Incisive Enterprise Simulator
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so if a lightweight layout editor is needed than 'layout' can be specified, whereas if the entire Virtuoso suite is needed at runtime, 'icfb' can be specified.  They all
"Cadence® Incisive® Enterprise Simulator automates testbench generation, reuse, and analysis to verify designs from the system level, through RTL, to the gate level."
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take the user to the Command Interface Window which includes the library manager. This document specifies which executable does what:
*IUS: Incisive Universal Simulator
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*ICVirtuoso platform: contains Virtuoso Layout Editor, Diva Design Rule Check, Diva Layout Vs. Schematic, Dracula DRC, Dracula LVS, Spectre Circuit Simulation...basicalyl everything thats needed to do a custom IC.
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http://sourcelink.cadence.com/docs/files/Release_Info/Docs/dfIIconfig/dfIIconfig5.0/dfIIconfig.html#987817
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A couple of useful links:
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If you get the "edit lock" problem. http://www.ece.nmsu.edu/vlsi/cadence/CAD_tips_V1.pdf
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Something about library manager:
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http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ee525/LABMANUAL/basics.html

Latest revision as of 16:25, 11 April 2012

Gives list of package names and what they associate to.

http://sourcelink.cadence.com/en/infomgmt/DisplayStaticLink.jhtml?/docs/files/Release_Info/Docs/landing/Rel_List_Full.html

There are a variety of different commands that will start the Virtuoso environment. The different commands will include different packages in the actual executable, so if a lightweight layout editor is needed than 'layout' can be specified, whereas if the entire Virtuoso suite is needed at runtime, 'icfb' can be specified. They all take the user to the Command Interface Window which includes the library manager. This document specifies which executable does what:

http://sourcelink.cadence.com/docs/files/Release_Info/Docs/dfIIconfig/dfIIconfig5.0/dfIIconfig.html#987817


A couple of useful links:

If you get the "edit lock" problem. http://www.ece.nmsu.edu/vlsi/cadence/CAD_tips_V1.pdf

Something about library manager:

http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ee525/LABMANUAL/basics.html

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