Cadence version

Hi all,

in many posts I've found that people often refer to Cadence version
such as "IC446".
What does that label exactly correspond to? How can I get it for my
Cadence installation?

For example getVersion() returns:
"@(#)$CDS: icfb.exe version 5.1.0 08/20/2007 01:22 (cicln04) $"

while the the "Help->about icfb" in the CIW opens a window with:
Virtuoso Front to Back Design Environment 5.10.41.500.5.95

So what is my IC version, and what does it mean?

Thanks.
Kind regards,
Marco

 

[Andrew Beckett]

marcoballins@gmail.com wrote, on 09/09/08 16:32:

Hi all,

in many posts I've found that people often refer to Cadence version
such as "IC446".
What does that label exactly correspond to? How can I get it for my
Cadence installation?

For example getVersion() returns:
"@(#)$CDS: icfb.exe version 5.1.0 08/20/2007 01:22 (cicln04) $"

while the the "Help->about icfb" in the CIW opens a window with:
Virtuoso Front to Back Design Environment 5.10.41.500.5.95

So what is my IC version, and what does it mean?

Thanks.
Kind regards,
Marco

It's the name of the stream that was used when you installed it. If you look in
the root of your installation (the dir with the "tools.<platform>" directory)
(assuming it was done with InstallScape), you'll find files such as:

ic_index.sdx

This is an XML file. You'll see a tag in there called "ReleaseID" which will
show (for your release):

ReleaseID="IC5141"

You can also (with icfb) work it out from the subversion number - your case it
is IC5141 (5.10.41 - it's not quite in the same format).

Essentially this is the name by which the stream is known as under
downloads.cadence.com

Older releases which used Softload you could look in install/pdts and see
files such as:

32150_sun4v_IC446.ok

and so you can see the name of the stream there in the names of these files.

Best Regards,

Andrew.