( ESNUG 530 Item 4 ) -------------------------------------------- [07/26/13]
Subject: Readers on Calibre/Laker Tcl script plus Rich Goldman of Synopsys
> The reason why it speeds up both tools' runtimes by 50X to 100X is because
> they're both natively using the same OA db -- there's no need to do those
> slow between-tool stream-outs, etc.
>
> This gives Laker users the SAME Calibre deck, same Calibre engine, and the
> same results the qualifying fab sees -- except that the Laker users get
> this DURING layout creation and editing instead of afterwards.
>
> - Joe Davis of Mentor Graphics
> http://www.deepchip.com/items/0529-04.html
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Please thank the Mentor staff for this. We didn't know it was possible.
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I forwarded this to our IT guy. He found a similar but misleading Tcl
script in the Calibre README file.
He says the correct path to use for this install is:
/shared/pkgs/icv/tools/laker/calibre_install.tcl
Now our Laker users won't shut up about nice it is to run Calibre inside
Laker in real time. Guess that's why it's called "RealTime". :)
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Good Laker <-> Calibre tip there!
They both run much faster for us now.
Thanks!
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Damn. Wished we went to the MENT U2U in April just for this.
From my calc it would have saved my full custom design team approximately
24 man-weeks in DRC run times.
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With all the money we pay for Synopsys support, why the ^%*# didn't their
FAEs tell us about this? Is it because it's with a MGC tool?
NOT RECEIVING CRITICAL UPDATES LIKE THIS HOLDS US BACK.
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Great tip! Keep them coming!
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> - FUN QUOTE
>
> "Oh that?... That's true."
>
> - Rich Goldman, SNPS VP for all sorts of stuff, when
> asked about the rumor that his face is printed on
> the 2012 Armenian 100 luma bank notes.
>
> http://www.deepchip.com/items/0528-02.html
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Actually it was an Armenian 5000 dram note back in 2005 (see attached):
When they were printed up double sided and suitably "aged" they looked
very convincing!
- John Biggs of ARM, Ltd.
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This Armenian bank note joke was started by Michael Buehler-Garcia.
Buehler joked that if Rich was *SO* popular in Armenia, when were they
going to start printing his face on bank notes?
There is no 100 luma bank note. A luma was so small, they got rid of
it. The smallest bank note in Armenia is 1000 drams, which is worth
about $2.50. The face printed on that bank note is a poet who was
killed by the Soviets in the 1930s. Now that I look at it, there is a
slight resemblance between Goldman and this poet...
Never underestimate the power of a good joke.
- Simon Favre of Mentor Graphics, Inc.
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