Advanced Design System (ADS) 2026 Update 2.1 addresses 11 items (bugs/tasks/stories) in the following areas:

CircuitSim-HSD , Momentum , Photonics, DRC & LVS, Data Display

For more details, please refer to Release Notes. 

ADS 2026 Update 2.1
Platform Filename Downloads Size md5sum
Linux 64-bit ads_2026_update2_1_linux_x64.tar  Download

5.54 GB (5,957,685,248 bytes)

 D095EDC0FFECB8CB232D99D6F5311C52
Windows 64-bit ads_2026_update2_1_win_x64.exe Download 4.17 GB (4,479,356,928 bytes) B6B8D74B1BE9CBDB86995B132594FF66

 

Secure Hash Algorithm 256 Values for Downloads Above
Platform SHA-256
Linux 64-bit 98AB27A7FD8FF6A6FC2BC7AD43713F4FCDCF691676211E448DE58734439397E2
Windows 64-bit A2514BB1867B7EBC4E682249430E2101DE8D898396C633B7F12E013242F3A22E

 

Note: ADS 2026 Update 2.1 is the first minor update release of the ADS 2026 Update 2 release. You can install and run it on the same machine with ADS 2026 Update 2.

Documentation

How to Install

Supporting Documentation

Prerequisites

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