Cadence Versions and Design Kits Summary

We are beginning to migrate the Chip Design software to the Eng Linux platform, please click here for more details

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Problems and School Support

If you have any problems accessing the Cadence software on the system then contact the computing staff by email: seesup@ed.ac.uk. Please note however that the computing staff cannot deal with problems or questions about the use of the software, please direct these to europrac@ee.ed.ac.uk, ask your supervisor or ask a knowledgeable person in your research group. Please note that on NO account should users approach Cadence direct all questions must be channelled in the first instance via David Stewart and and Ahmet Erdogan.

Remote access using NX

Most Cadence tools can be remotely by using NX. See http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/it/network/remote/nx/. for details on configuring NX. To run Cadence please note the following additional steps:

1. After connecting to the NX server open a terminal window.
2. In this window type: ssh tlcc
3. Once logged in, type: tcsh

Also if you get an error similar to: "BadName (named color or font does not exist)" then make the following changes to your NX configuration

1. Start NX client but don't login
2. Click Configure
3. Choose Environment Tab
4. Under font Server click "use font server"
5. In the "Host" box type "tlc.see.ed.ac.uk"
6. Save changes and then run NX as normal.