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RE: IEEE-like spec on CDBA and OA
CDB is an obsolete proprietary Cadence database, which was last used in the IC5141 release (which was released in 2004, and had its hast hotfix in 2011). There is documentation on CDBA (which is the...
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RE: odd techLayerProperties "?" and "()"
These are old legacy properties which used to be used in IC5141; I don't think they're used any more. It's legal to have a question mark in the name of a property, and the documentation for...
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NVMe Express 1.3: Addressing the Storage Needs of the Data Revolution from...
The amount of data we are generating and consuming has exploded in recent years. Social media, applications, multimedia streaming, 24-hour connectivity has us talking about Zettabytes of data in the...
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How to change schematic items like pins and solder dots from outline to solid...
How do I change the display of schematic items like pins and solder dots from outline shape to a solid shape?
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RE: x_count@techDerivedLayers : formal definition?
I don't think I've ever seen that being used anywhere (it's optional and all the tech files I quickly checked didn't use it), and I couldn't find any better description anywhere. I could hazard a...
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RE: how to sort a list alphanumerically with bus names in descending order...
Thanks a lot, Daniel. Your solution works for my original list, but let's take another example mylist=list("VDD" "GND" "dd_b[0]" "dd_b[1]" "bb_a[0]" "bb_a[1]" "dd_abc" "bb_rst") the results after...
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RE: Unrouted connections
Hi Andreas Well very good it appears you are getting the hang of things. Don't forget to provide enough clearance between your shape and your clines (traces) & component pins. You can also do...
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RE: Keyboard shortcut for running simulation in ADE GXL?
Hi Andrew, Can you give the clear command how to set NetlistAndRun for the schematic window ? Your comment "have a key bound to "(sevRunEngine sevSession(hiGetCurrentWindow()))" p, li { white-space:...
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RE: Keyboard shortcut for running simulation in ADE GXL?
The "p, li" bit is some strange formatting thing (related to HTML) which is coming from the forum migration. What I was suggesting was that you define a bindkey on the schematic (i.e. the schematic...
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dX/dY by form entry
Dear all, I have a habit to move/copy shape to a distance by entering number in dX/dY field in the tool bar, with the help of pressing "Tab" button a few times. I think it is not efficient enough. Is...
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RE: dX/dY by form entry
Hi Will, I don't see why that shouldn't be efficient enough - I mean you type the 'm' bindkey, then three times tab and you are in the field for dX....alternatively you left click in the dX field if...
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RE: dX/dY by form entry
You can also use the shift-N bindkey (bound to leGetCoordinateForm()) to do this. Andrew.
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drplJitter function help
Hi, When running pmjitter based phase noise measurement. The drplJitter function is used to obtain a sec/sqrt(Hz) plot. Where can I find help for this function? drplJitter(?result "pnoise_pmjitter"...
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RE: drplJitter function help
k is the number of cycles that the jitter is accumulated over. The function is documented in the help - see Virtuoso Analog Design Environment L SKILL Reference -- 13 - drplJitter (I found this by...
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Deep Blue, AlphaGo, and AlphaZero
There are three major events in computers learning to play board games at a very high level: In 1997, Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Gary Kasparov In 2017, AlphaGo defeated #1 world Go...
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RE: dX/dY by form entry
Hi Will, another way how you could do it: If you copy or move a shape use hiToggleEnterForm() (in my setup i bound this skill function to F3) a form will pop up in which you can enter dX and dY....
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Tech libs fundamentally incompatible?
Hello, Under a sample library, if I edit the cds.lib add tsmc13rf, when launching virtuoso & again it prompts me that many display packets are found. To address this I merged the different...
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