GoldenGate Tools 2020 Update 2.0 Release Notes

goldengate tools 2020 update 2 0 release notes goldengate tools is designed for use with goldengate or subsequent goldengate releases until a future goldengate tools version becomes available it enables certain tools and capabilities that are part of the ads platform for use within virtuoso it allows users to launch rfpro and use momentum to extract a model for a cadence virtuoso layout generate a schematic to run an em/circuit co simulation with a circuit simulation tool such as goldengate 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 pointing to an ads installation there is no longer a separate goldengate tools installer the goldengate license file environment variable must point to a valid license file goldengate license file the ads license file is no longer used in the goldengate tools flow what's new momentum the 'loading green functions' step now runs multi threaded rfpro analyze the impact of etch bias (over/under etch) without the need for parameterizing the layout momentum pilot introduction of a faster momentum preprocessor enable the 'show beta functionality' from the 'tools > options > general' tab to have access to the 'generation 2' as advanced simulator setup option fem the number of threads during the solve is no longer restricted to 8 all physical cores will be used when requested the 2020 releases are the last releases with python 2 7 as python 2 7 is reaching its end of life the 2021 release will be using python 3 7 a pilot release with python 3 7 is available for download contact technical support for further guidance momentum integration the application integration functionality behind launch > momentum has been deprecated by cadence and may lead to undesired behavior in some cadence versions tool integration (already used by rfpro) is now also available for momentum it can be activated by setting the environment variable mom integration to tool when momentum is integrated as a tool, start it using launch > plugins > momentum in 2020 update 2 the application integration method is still the default, except for the cadence versions known to have undesired behavior (where (getversion) starts with icadvm) documentation documentation starting with the 2020 release, the online help gets a new user interface the new ui improves overall online help usability by providing the following key benefits in addition to several other minor benefits table of contents sidebar displays collapsible table of contents for the entire documentation the left double arrow icon collapses the sidebar, and the right double arrow icon displays the sidebar back again pdf button allows you to instantly generate pdfs of the latest documentation anytime, including current page’s children pages currently, the pdf generation option is available only for ads 2020 release for other releases, you can switch to their printing manuals https //archbee team jgkt8dcn atlassian net/wiki/display/ggtools2020update1/printing%20manuals page and download the existing pdfs like earlier note that with the introduction of pdf generation feature, the printing manuals page will not be available from next release onward product release switcher allows you to view the current page in other supported releases listed in the drop down menu once you select a release from the drop down menu, the current page is updated to show the content applicable to the selected release the table of contents is updated as well with this, you bookmark url of only one release and then switch to other releases from this drop down menu latest documentation the documentation available in the new ui is always kept updated for all supported releases these updates are available to you as soon as they happen at our end this provides you 24x7 access to the most recent and technically accurate documentation for more details, see how to use online help https //archbee team jgkt8dcn atlassian net/wiki/display/ggtools2020update1/how%20to%20use%20online%20help issues addressed this release has issues addressed in the following areas momentum rfpro known issues rfpro project load fails when a layout shape has a multi bit net name (e g 'd<7 0 >' or 'a,c,net1') with the error 'occdesign getnet key not found' there is no workaround with mcafee endpoint security enabled, the momentum surface current visualization hangs workaround disable the "enable adaptive threat protection" flag in mcafee ens documentation mozilla firefox and google chrome are recommended browsers for viewing the online help on windows, printing directly from installed help generates non readable output workaround use pdf version of the document for printing purpose from 2017 onwards, in the installed help when you open a page using the "open a link in new tab" option the help does not open a page in a different tab by default you need to set the preferences to open any link in a new tab to set the preferences from the 201x version of the installed help, click edit > preferences the preferences dialog box is displayed select the options tab under appearance, select the show tabs for each individual page option this is one time setting for a particular release of a product while using the installed help, you may encounter issues like help not showing any content, it throws an error, it displays unexpected hierarchy in the content tab, or it does not display any search results workaround close the help, delete the contents of the following directory and open the help again on windows c \users\\\<windows login id>\appdata\local\keysight\help on linux $home/ local/share/keysight/help the installed help search does not support \[] or {} or any other text using these combinations ads and goldengate version/license compatibility goldengate ads version eesof license version eesof codeword version 2017 or later 2020 update 2 2020 02 2020 02 platform support for goldengate tools supported platforms (64 bit ) native build platform (64 bit) platforms no longer supported redhat linux rhel6 redhat linux rhel7 suse linux sles11 suse linux sles12 redhat linux rhel6 32 bit versions of linux redhat linux rhel5 cadence ic support for goldengate tools supported cadence versions (64 bit) primary test cadence version (64 bit) cadence versions no longer supported ic 6 1 8 ic 6 1 7 ic 6 1 6icadv 18 1 icadv 12 3 icadv 12 2 icadv 12 1 ic 6 1 8icadv 18 1 ic 5 1 41 ic 6 1 0 ic 6 1 2 ic 6 1 3 ic 6 1 4 ic 6 1 5 \&#xa;