alliance-support '2000
Alliance 4.0 is out


Czo [Olivier Sirol] (Olivier.Sirol@asim.lip6.fr)
Wed, 02 Feb 2000 17:44:25 +0100

# ============================================================================ # ALLIANCE NEWS # ============================================================================ Alliance 4.0 is out See: http://asim.lip6.fr/alliance/distrib/ ftp://asim.lip6.fr/pub/alliance/distribution/ The fowllowing lists the main differences with previous release : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALLIANCE release 4.0.6 (01/02/2000) 1/ Public release 2/ Fixed some Y2K small bugs - Dates on Alliance's parser/driver are in now the form : "dd/mm/YYYY" - Dates on Compass's parser/driver are in now the form : "dd-MON-YYYY" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALLIANCE revision 4.0 (15/10/99) 1/ New Standard Cells Library : sxlib sxlib allows multi-layer over cell routing and all transitions are now on rising edge (man sxlib) 2/ Improved Tools : - asimut is now a temporal logic simulator. You *must* modify your old pattern files to allow delays (man asimut) - syf can now handle vbe statements in .fsm - dreal : New viewing options ( like -install for private colormap) - graal : New viewing options ( like -install for private colormap) Input scale changeable, Hierarchy browser, real view (.cif/.gds) 3/ New Tools : algue : ALliance Graphic User Environment ali : gives information on Alliance Environment b2f : FSM Abstraction from .vbe k2f : Translate kiss2 format <-> FSM format vasy : Translate .vhd format (Synopsys) <-> .vbe format xsch : Netlist viewer xfsm : FSM viewer xpat : patterns (with delay) viewer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALLIANCE revision 3.5 (19/06/98) 1/ Lots of improvements and bug fixes 2/ AP : Now supports ten layers of metal 3/ AL : New support for RC net in losig. Parsers al, spice, vti modified. Modified Data Structures : - lotrs : added field BULK TRNAME - locon : added field PNODE - losig : added field PRCN, CAPA deleted Modified functions (the CAPA field has moved) : addlosig, addlotrs, dellosig 4/ RCN : New library for RC support : Resistances on losig and capcitances between losig. -- Regards. Olivier Sirol. /* * Laboratoire LIP6 / Département ASIM * Université Pierre et Marie Curie * Couloir 55-65, B309 * 4, place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex * Tél. : +33 1 44 27 53 24 */

 



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