User Manual

Chapter 6. Revision History
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added: add region insts, create region, display rtl, get region insts,
remove region, remove region insts, report regions, reset impl option,
save regions, set clock type, set flyline direction,
set region bounds, write tcl history
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run chiptap was renamed run snapshot
• Updates to match ACE 4.2.1, 4.2.2, & 4.2.3 functionality additions and changes:
– 22i IP Configuration Editors
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added the new Interlaken Configuration Editor
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updated the Ethernet Configuration Editor
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updated the DDR3 Configuration Editor with new config parameters
– updated Floorplanner View Preferences page (now the Floorplanner View Optimizations
Preference Page) with new rendering optimization settings
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incremental rendering mode
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intermediate render layer stages
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quartered/tiled rendering mode
– The ACE GUI max memory requirement increased to 5GB (from 4G) to fit latest worst-case
designs
Version 4.2.0:
• Updated to match ACE 4.2 functionality additions and changes:
– 22i IP Configuration Editors
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Added 22i PCI Express Configuration Editor
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Added 22i Ethernet Configuration Editor
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Added 22i Basic PLL IP Configuration Editor
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Updated 22i Advanced PLL IP Configuration Editor
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Updated 22i DDR3 Configuration Editor
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Updated 22i SerDes Configuration Editor
– Updated Netlist Browser View with additional filters for Power and Ground, constants,
duplicates, and feedthrough LUTs.
– Added page describing the Object Type Prefixes as used in Tcl commands
– Revised content to break the former assumption of always working with asynchronous fabrics.
When appropriate, content now explains differences between the handling of synchronous (like
22iHD*) and asynchronous (like 22iHP*) fabrics.
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updated Timing Report
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updated Multiprocess Summary Report
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updated Options View
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updated Critical Paths View
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updated Critical Path Diagram View
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updated Analyzing Critical Paths and its subsections
– Tcl command updates since v3.0
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updated create clock, create flow step, create generated clock,
find, get ace current memory usage, get ace peak memory usage,
report routing, run fanout control, run timing analysis, run unroute,
set clock groups, set placement, timing summary
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added prepare sta, reset sta, set input transition, set load,
set max flyline fanout, set units
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