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Accounts and registration

2014-12-15T02:06:33+02:00

Accounts and registration [ Home ] [ Design WorkBook ] [ Back to index ] Contents * Introduction * Getting a VLSI account * Technology permissions * Available technologies * INFN UNIX account * Wiki account * CERN accounts * Swip card request Keywords: account, technology, NDA, remote machine, SSH, badge Introduction In this page we cover initial information about obtaining necessary accounts to start work with VLSI lab and INFN computing resources.

Running VLSI design platforms

2013-09-14T13:33:15+02:00

Running VLSI design platforms [ Home ] [ Design WorkBook ] [ Back to index ] Contents * Introduction * Main initialization script * Run Cadence executables * Start a vanilla environment * Manual configuration Keywords: UNIX environment, environment variable, search path, initialization script, Cadence, technology, vanilla environment Introduction Before you can run any licensed VLSI tools you need to set necessary UNIX

Computing resources

2013-10-28T11:57:20+02:00

Computing resources [ Home ] [ Design WorkBook ] [ Back to index ] Contents * Introduction * Supported operating systems * Available machines * System administration * VLSI computing cluster * Printing Keywords: operating system, Cadence, RHEL, Scientific Linux, machine, hostname, IP address, cluster, NFS, network printer, CUPS Introduction EDA softwares licensed by INFN for the VLSI laboratory run on UNIX/Linux operating systems only. These tools are

Help and documentation

2013-11-09T00:16:45+02:00

Help and documentation [ Home ] [ Design WorkBook ] [ Back to index ] Contents * Introduction * Cadence documentation FIXME * Mentor Graphics documentation * Synopsys documentation * PDK documentation * Confidentiality of tools and technology information * Build your own documentation repositories * Command line help switches * BSIM4 User Manual * Web resources * Reference books Keywords: Introduction Help and documentation play a central role in the design activity. …

Computing FAQs

2013-11-19T11:21:11+02:00

Computing FAQs [ Home ] [ Design WorkBook ] [ Back to index ] Do I have root privileges for my VLSI computing account ? System administration is not duty of VLSI users, hence you don't have Linux administrator privileges on VLSI machines, nor through the sudo command. If you need to install any optional softwares, please contact the VLSI system administrator

Computing HowTo's

2014-06-27T10:49:36+02:00

Computing HowTo's [ Home ] [ Design WorkBook ] [ Back to index ] How to install FlashPlayer without root password cd /path/to/install_flash_player_xxxx.tar.gz tar -xzf install_flash_player_xxxx.tar.gz cd ~/.mozilla mkdir plugins cp /path/to/libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins

Build your own local development environment

2013-10-29T11:34:25+02:00

Build your own local development environment [ Home ] [ Design WorkBook ] [ Back to index ] Contents * Introduction * Seeting up the local area * Build gcc and from source * Installing RPM packages in the local area * .... Introduction create your own, additional, RPM database and

Accessing computing resources remotely

2014-04-09T17:14:27+02:00

Accessing computing resources remotely [ Home ] [ Design WorkBook ] [ Back to index ] Contents * Introduction * Connecting to a VLSI machine * Remote connections from Windows * Remote desktop access with NX Client * Accessing VLSI machines from outside the INFN domain * Remote file transfers * Web browsing through SSH * Tips and tricks Keywords: ssh, X-server, scp, sftp, tunnelling Introduction Once you have obtained a VLSI computing account, you are not required to physic…

Setting up the computing environment

2014-10-22T20:31:29+02:00

Setting up the computing environment [ Home ] [ Design WorkBook ] [ Back to index ] Contents * Introduction * First login * Bash and tcsh shells * Create a scratch area and a working directory * Set up your working directory * Link the PDK directory * UNIX permissions * Disk quotas * Check your technology permissions * Create a .cshrc file * CAD tools setup files Keywords: working area, initialization files, .cshrc, .cdsinit, .cdsenv, cds.lib, bindkeys Introduction In…

Licensed softwares

2014-03-20T00:17:58+02:00

Licensed softwares [ Home ] [ Design WorkBook ] [ Back to index ] Contents * Introduction * EDA software * Front-end and back-end * Analog IC design flow and required tools * Licensed tools for analog and mixed-mode IC design * Digital IC design flow and required tools * Licensed tools for digital IC design * PCB design * Installation notes * Available licenses Keywords: integrated circuit, ASIC, license, analog design, digital design, mixed-mode design, Cadence, Mentor …

Troubleshooting

2015-02-01T02:51:46+02:00

Troubleshooting [ Home ] [ Design WorkBook ] [ Back to index ] Contents * Introduction * Shutdowns and reboots * Power outage * Available licenses * Missing fonts * Crashes, hangs and freezes * Clean the environment from lock files at startup * Kill Cadence defunct processes * Fixing SCP/SFTP Keywords: missing fonts, lock files, processes Introduction In this page we provide further information and guidelines you need to know about working with VLSI computing resources,…

UNIX/Linux references for VLSI lab users and system administrators

2014-09-16T09:28:15+02:00

UNIX/Linux references for VLSI lab users and system administrators [ Home ] [ VLSI computing cluster references (private) ] [ Vidyo tutorial ] Contents * Basic commands * System administration references ---------- Last update: Luca Pacher - Nov 29, 2013