GoldenGate Tools 2015_01 Release Notes

anyblockeesof wiki users, eesof keysight, external supported, keysightblock to access the full on line product documentation, click http //edadocs software keysight com/display/ggtools201501/home anyblockcautionblock you should be logged in the space to access http //edadocs software keysight com/display/ggtools201501/home documents and links to more detailed information please login using your knowledge center login credentials block start panel strip noneright25%#eaeef6#eaeef6solid on this page 315px block end panel strip goldengate tools 2015 01 is designed for use with goldengate 2015 01 or subsequent goldengate releases until a future goldengate tools version becomes available it is a subset of a complete ads installation and enables certain tools and capabilities that are part of the ads platform for use within virtuoso it allows users to use momentum to simulate layout views within cadence virtuoso to produce em models for use within circuit simulation tools such as goldengate launch the 3d viewer to view momentum results launch ads data display from within cadence virtuoso when the goldengate simulator is selected run system testbench simulations within goldengate by providing a ptolemy runtime environment export layout from momentum virtuoso for 3d simulation in empro the 3d information is created from the layer definitions and the substrate users can enable these capabilities by either pointing to an ads installation pointing to a goldengate tools installation (smaller footprint) in both cases, the following environment variables must point to a valid eesof license file goldengate license file ads license file what's new licensing https //archbee team jgkt8dcn atlassian net/wiki/display/undefined/ whats%20new momentum import ircx file in substrate editor new sheet model for thick conductors this is the recommended setting for metal shields when a thick conductor is mapped in the substrate the sheet model for a thick conductor leads to the same number of unknowns as a sheet conductor in the substrate, but it is more accurate because it takes the metal thickness into account in mutual coupling computations with other parts of the circuit new solver option controls the compression level of the direct compressed solver new solver option controls the maximum number of threads used during a momentum simulation for more information on these new solver options, see http //edadocs software keysight com/display/ggtools201501/substrate+mesh+and+simulation+options issues addressed momentum the vertical cell at a thick conductor edge port is no longer assumed to be perfect conducting this could lead to an incorrect current path a 'random', non convergence versus changing mesh density behavior when using the direct compressed solver has been fixed a bug was fixed that could cause unexpected high surface currents in floating metal shapes depending on its mesh a bug was fixed in the afs algorithm that caused slow convergence in cases where many frequency samples are needed known issues licensing https //archbee team jgkt8dcn atlassian net/wiki/display/undefined/ known%20issues ggtools and dynamic link cadence ic 5 1 41 (and other cadence versions without 64 bit mps libraries) will not work for ggtools and dynamic link the rfdemp (ggtools) and idfmp (dynamic link) executable files are linked to cadence 64 bit libraries only cadence versions with 64 bit em sh, mpsc sh, cdscommon sh, and sman sh libraries are supported supported cadence versions are listed in $hpeesof dir/idf/supported cadence versions txt workaround use ads 2013 06, 2012 08 or earlier versions of ads for ggtools or dynamic link when using cadence ic 5 1 41 alternatively, cadence ic 5 1 41 libraries can be converted to cadence ic 6 1 4 or newer versions to use ggtools and dynamic link in ads 2014 01 goldengate tools and corresponding ads versions goldengate tools version ads version 2015 01 2015 01 2014 01 2014 01 2012 08 2013 06 2012 08 2012 08 2011 10 2011 10 2011 05 2011 05 2011 01 2011 01 4 4 0 2009u1 4 3 4 2009 + selected fixed issues 4 3 2 2009 4 3 0 2008 update 2 + hotfix 20081008 rfde momentum 332 401 4 2 2 2008 update 1 4 1 2 2006 update 1 goldengate tools and goldengate version/license compatibility goldengate goldengate tools version eesof license version eesof codeword version 2012 10 2012 08 2012 08 3 0 platform support for goldengate tools supported platforms (64 bit ) native build platform (64 bit) platforms no longer supported redhat enterprise 5 redhat enterprise 6 novell suse sles 10 novell suse sles 11 redhat enterprise 5 solaris 32 bit versions of linux redhat enterprise linux 4 novell suse sles 9 cadence ic support for goldengate tools supported cadence versions (32/64 bit) primary test cadence version (64 bit) cadence versions no longer supported ic 5 1 41 ic 6 1 3 ic 6 1 4 ic 6 1 5 ic 6 1 6 ic5 10 41 6 140 ic06 1 5 505 ic 6 1 0 ic 6 1 2