Advanced Design System (ADS) 2017 Update 0.4 addresses issues related to following ADS components namely:

CircuitSim – DDR, CircuitSim – SerDes, Design Editing, Design & Tech Management, DRC & LVS, Electrothermal, FEM. SIPro, and PIPro

Enhancements related to encryption of thermal technology file, new PAM4 eye measurements in ChannelSim based on IEEE108.3bs standard and saving of Channel simulation waveform to FlexDCA file are also included in this Update release.

For more details refer to Release Notes.

ADS 2017 Update 0.4
Platform Filename Downloads Size
Linux 64-bit ads_2017_update0.4_linux_x64.zip Download 800,063,488 bytes (763 MB)
Windows 64-bit ads_2017_update0.4_win_x64.zip Download 475,004,928 bytes (453 MB)

Note: ADS 2017 Update 0.4 (minor update release) is a cumulative minor update release installed on ADS 2017 Update 0.2 (base release). You can upgrade your existing ADS installation (ADS 2017 Update 0.2 or higher) to ADS 2017 Update 0.4 without uninstalling the existing version.

Documentation

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