Virtuoso ICADVM20.1 and IC6.1.8 ISR14 Now Available

The ICADVM20.1 and IC6.1.8 ISR14 production releases are now available for download at Cadence Downloads.

• ICADVM20.1
• IC6.1.8 ISR14

Effective January 1, 2021, we will no longer provide incremental software releases (ISRs) for the ICADVM18.1 release stream. ICADVM18.1 ISR13 was the final ICADVM18.1 ISR released. The recommended replacement release stream for ICADVM18.1 is ICADVM20.1.

For information on supported platforms, compatibility with other Cadence tools, and details of key issues resolved in each release, see:

• ICADVM20.1 README
• IC6.1.8 ISR14 README

The above links are functional at the time of publishing. If you encounter any links that are now obsolete, visit https://downloads.cadence.com and select the release name you are interested in to access the related files. 

Here is a listing of some of the important updates made to the ICADVM20.1 and IC6.1.8 ISR14 releases:

ICADVM20.1 Only

• Bond Wires in Cross-Fabric EM Models (Virtuoso RF Solution)
  Electromagnetic simulations for cross-fabric designs now support ICs connected through bond wires.

• Material File in EM Simulation (Virtuoso RF Solution)
  Specify a material file in the process stackup that Electromagnetic Solver assistant sends to Clarity 3D for simulations. This file provides support for advanced material properties and frequency-dependent dielectrics.

• Create Split Symbols (Virtuoso Schematic Editor XL)
  Split a large symbol into multiple partial symbols by using the Split Symbols feature in Virtuoso Schematic Editor. Splitting large symbol masters improves the legibility of pin symbols, especially in large PCB and package schematics.

• Virtuoso Power Manager for Static Power Verification (Virtuoso Schematic Editor XL)
  Virtuoso Power Manager enables static power verification for analog and mixed signal IPs by checking, extracting, exporting, and verifying the power intent of IP designs.

• Layer-Based flow in Concurrent Layout (Virtuoso Layout Suite EXL and Virtuoso Layout Suite XL)
  Define layer-based partitions using the layer-based flow in Concurrent Layout. When these design partitions are defined, two dedicated constraint groups are also created. These constraint groups assist you in routing and interactive wire editing. This way, you can limit the editing only to those layers that are part of the current layer-based design partition.

• Design Planning and Analysis (Virtuoso Layout Suite EXL)
  The Virtuoso Design Planner tool has been replaced by the Virtuoso Design Planning and Analysis (DPA) tool, which supports an expanded range of floorplanning, design planning, and congestion analysis capabilities, including support for hard blocks, soft blocks, and virtual hierarchies. This enhanced support is accessible through a unified Plan menu, Design Planning workspace, and Design Planning toolbar, all of which are available from the Layout EXL window.

ICADVM20.1 and IC6.1.8 ISR14

• Distribute Simulation Jobs (Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Virtuoso ADE Assembler)
  Control thousands of netlisting and simulation jobs in parallel using the default job control mode, LSCS (Large-Scale Cloud Simulations) in Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Virtuoso ADE Assembler. LSCS implements a new architecture to run simulations with better resource utilization. It also enables future scalability requirements for cloud simulations.

• Merge Histories (Virtuoso ADE Assembler)
  Merge the results from multiple histories into a single history without running a simulation. Merging histories not only merges the results from different histories, but also merges setups used in those histories.

• Performance Diagnostic Tool (Virtuoso Design Environment)
  Use the Performance Diagnostic tool to isolate issues that might have caused an application to slow down or freeze. It has an auto-hiding control toolbar to let you record callstacks when the application slows down.

For more details on these and all the other new and enhanced features introduced in this release, see:

• What’s New in Virtuoso IC6.1.8 ISR14 and ICADVM20.1 (Application Notes)
• ICADVM20.1 What's New
• IC6.1.8 What's New
• End-of-Release (EOR) Notification for ICADVM18.1

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