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The ICADVM20.1 ISR21 and IC6.1.8 ISR21 production releases are now available for download at Cadence Downloads. For information on supported platforms and other release compatibility information, see the README.txt file in the installation hierarchy.

Xcelium 20.09 remains the supported Xcelium version for these releases. Release documents, including the README, suggesting that ICADVM20.1 ISR21 and IC6.1.8 ISR21 are compatible with Xcelium 21.03.009 should be disregarded. 

• ICADVM20.1 ISR21
• IC6.1.8 ISR21

We are no longer providing 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.

Here is a listing of the most important updates made in the current releases:

ICADVM20.1 ISR21 Only

• Update Partial Connectivity in a Schematic (Virtuoso RF Solution)
  Use the new Merge mode in the Create Connectivity form to append the connectivity specified in the input file to the existing connectivity.
  
  
• Schematic Creation from a SiP File (Virtuoso RF Solution)
  Use the new SiP to Schematic feature to create a schematic view directly from a SiP file. This enablement step lets you create a multi-technology schematic view based on the connectivity information defined in a SiP file.

ICADVM20.1 and IC6.1.8 ISR21 

• Cross-probing Parasitics in Smart View (Virtuoso ADE Explorer, Virtuoso ADE Assembler) 
  Use the cross-probing feature to display the parasitic components and their values in Smart View by selecting the parasitic values displayed in the Parasitic Report assistant.
  
  
• Viewing Reliability Report (Virtuoso ADE Explorer, Virtuoso ADE Assembler) 
  Use the Reliability Report in the Results View section to check the consolidated degradation reports across multiple reliability setups, corners, and design points in tabular format. The tabular format makes it easy to sort, filter, and annotate degradation numbers. The Reliability Report view also supports Custom SQL queries allowing more advanced filtering using SQL operators.

• Adding Tags to Corners (Virtuoso ADE Assembler)
  Use this feature to specify a tag or a space-separated list of tags for each corner in the Tags row in the Corners Setup form. This makes it easy to search a group of corners by filtering using just the tag name.
  
  

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 ISR21 and ICADVM20.1 ISR21 (Application Notes)
• Virtuoso IC6.1.8, ICADVM18.1 & ICADVM20.1 ISR: What's New Library
• ICADVM20.1 What's New
• IC6.1.8 What's New
• End-of-Release (EOR) Notification for ICADVM18.1

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