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CONCEPT,SYNERGY, VERILOG 4000E and 5200 libraries for XACT flow are available from Cadence ftp as patches to 9504


Record #1251

Product Family:  Software

Product Line:  Cadence

Problem Title:
CONCEPT,SYNERGY, VERILOG 4000E and 5200 libraries for XACT flow are
available from Cadence ftp as patches to 9504



Problem Description:
The 9504 Hotfix kits which include XC5200 and XC4000E support are available
on the Cadence FTP server.  You will need:

From ftp://ftp.cadence.com/patches/9504/pic/sun4/
-------------------------------------------------

  picXilFlow96.04-p004sun4.t.Z		8/26/96
   -- New Concept Xilinx FPGADesigner UI

  xilNetlist96.04-p003sun4.t.Z		8/23/96
   -- new Xilinx netlister for use with Xilinx XC5200 devices

  PICTools96.04-p003sun4.t.Z	      8/23/96
   -- new Xilinx back-annotation executable for use with Xilinx XC5200 devices


From ftp://ftp.cadence.com/patches/9504/pic/indep/
--------------------------------------------------
  xilVerilogLib96.04-p001.t.Z	       8/23/96
   -- new Xilinx Verilog library for use with Xilinx XC5200 devices

  xilConceptLib96.04-p004.t.Z	       8/23/96
   -- new Xilinx Concept library for use with Xilinx XC5200 devices

  xilComposeLib96.04-p005.t.Z	       8/23/96
   -- new Composer/Synthesis library to fix PCRs 155686, 175631,
      179802, 180474 and Synergy library for use with Xilinx XC5200 devices


NOTE:  these hotfixes include complete Concept, Synergy and Verilog
interface support for the 2K, 3K, 4K and 7K architectures as well.


Also NOTE:  You should download the patch version as specified above, or
the later revision of it.

LATER Revision = either a higher revision number (e.g., p005 instead of
p004), a higher releasenumber (e.g. 97A vs. 96.04), or an s (special)
rather than a p (production).

	PICTools96.04-s002sun4.t.Z
		----- |---
		  |   | |
		  |   | +- Kit revision
		  |   +--- Kit type (prod comes before special)
		  +------- Kit release number



Solution 1:

The following bugs have been fixed in this archive:


29761:	    CONCEPT2XNF "No usable extension" error from on INPORT & OUTPORT
	    in XC4000E cc8re, cc16re, cd4cle counter macros

29641:	     CE pin should float to VCC on XC4000E ifdx, ifdxi, ofdtx, ofdtxi,
	     ofdx, & ofdxi


MINOR:
------

29747:	size property on XC4000E and XC4000 ifd and ofd should be set to 1,
	not "size" (fixed in XC4000E and XC4000)

29748:	size property missing on xpads_hdl IOPAD body

29755:	XC4000E/XC4000 x74_280 symbol body is missing "F" note/label
	on F pin



NO BUG Number Assigned: XNFMERGE error 220 on IFD8, OFD8, and OFD16 symbol
	      bodies--"ERROR 220: Can't open file 'ifd.xnf'."
	      "LEVEL" property needed to be set to MXILINX.
	      (Fixed in XC4000 and XC4000E)



End of Record #1251