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.. include:: ../etc/definitions.rst
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Release Notes
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Release 1.0.1475
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This is the first preliminary release of the |Coriolis2| framework.
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This release mainly ships the global router |Knik| and the detailed router
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|Kite|. Together they aim to replace the |Alliance| |Nero| router.
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Unlike |Nero|, |Kite| is based on an innovating routing modeling and ad-hoc
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algorithm. Although it is released under |GPL| license, the source code
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will be avalaible later.
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|noindent| Contents of this release:
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1. A graphical user interface (viewer only).
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2. The |Knik| global router.
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3. The |Kite| detailed router.
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|noindent| Supported input/output formats:
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* |Alliance| |vst| (netlist) & |ap| (physical) formats.
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* Even if there are some references to the |Cadence| |LEFDEF| format, its
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support is not included because it depends on a library only available
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to |Si2| affiliated members.
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Release 1.0.1963
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Release 1963 is alpha. All the tools from |Coriolis1| have been ported into
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this release.
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|noindent| Contents of this release:
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#. The |Stratus| netlist capture language (|GenLib| replacement).
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#. The |Mauka| placer (still contains bugs).
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#. A graphical user interface (viewer only).
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#. The |Knik| global router.
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#. The |Kite| detailed router.
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#. Partially implemented python support for configuration files
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(alternative to |XML|).
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#. A documentation (imcomplete/obsoleted in |Hurricane|'s case).
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Release 1.0.2049
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Release `2049` is Alpha.
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|noindent| Changes of this release:
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#. The |Hurricane| documentation is now accurate. Documentation
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for the Cell viewer and |CRLcore| has been added.
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#. More extensive Python support for all the components of
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|Coriolis|.
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#. Configuration is now completly migrated under Python.
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|XML| loaders can still be useds for compatibilty.
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#. The |cgt| main has been rewritten in Python.
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Release v2.0.1
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#. Migrated the repository from |svn| to |git|, and release complete sources.
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As a consequence, we drop the distribution packaging support and give
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public read-only access to the repository.
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#. Deep rewrite of the |Katabatic| database and |Kite| detailed router,
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achieve a speedup factor greater than 20...
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Release v2.1
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#. Replace the old simulated annealing placer |Mauka| by the analytical placer
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|Etesian| and its legalization and detailed placement tools.
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#. Added a Blif format parser to process circuits generated by the Yosys and ABC
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logic synthetizers.
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#. The multiples user defined configuration files are now grouped under
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a common hidden (dot) directory ``.coriolis2`` and the file extension
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is back from ``.conf`` to ``.py``.
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.. #. Under |RHEL7| / |SL7|, there is a known bug in the graphical visualizer.
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.. When shifting to the left, the right-half part of the screen gets
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.. badly redrawn. Uses |CTRL_L| to refresh. It will be corrected as soon
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.. as possible.
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**Release v2.2**
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#. Added JSON import/export of the whole Hurricane DataBase. Two save mode
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are supported: *Cell* mode (standalone) or *Blob* mode, which dump the
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whole design down and including the standard cells.
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