System Requirements for Coventor Products

Coventor Licensing 1.0 System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Hardware

Supported Operating Systems

Hardware

minimum 2 GHz, faster is recommended
minimum 2 MB L2 cache, more is recommended
Dual processors and/or multiple cores per processor are recommended because the field solvers will run faster and because they allow use of the system for other tasks while CoventorWare field solvers are running.

2 GB RAM, (more is desirable)
a max of 3 GB RAM is accessible on 32-bit Windows or Linux
4 GB or more is desirable on Windows XP 64, Windows 7 64-bit and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to run simulations that require more memory
Page file size should be set to twice the RAM size
2.5 GB of disk space for installation
Minimum 5 GB free disk space for operation, more is recommended
Graphics card or sub-system

Support for OpenGL Version 1.2 or higher
Support for DirectX 9
Discrete (as opposed to integrated) graphics with a minimum of 128 MB dedicated memory is recommended.
NVIDIA chip sets are recommended for Windows and Linux systems. ATI chip sets may be acceptable for Windows systems.
Up-to-date driver software

Supported Operating Systems

MATLAB Simulink compatibility:

Cadence required modules and compatibility:

Virtuoso_Schematic_Editor 5.1.41 or 6.1.x up to 6.1.4, 32- and 64-bit
Analog Design Environment 5.1.41 or 6.1.x up to 6.1.4, 32- and 64-bit
Spectre, SpectreRF or UltraSim version 621 and all 7XX or higher (these simulators are included with MMSIM 621 and all 7XX), 32- and 64-bit
Virtuoso Layout Suite 6.1.x (optional, only required for exporting MEMS+ Pcells) (Versions 5.1.41 are available with IC5141 and versions 6.1.x with IC61x), 32- and 64-bit

Hardware

minimum 1.6 GHz, faster is recommended
minimum 1 MB L2 cache, more is recommended
Dual processors and/or multiple cores per processor are recommended because they allow use of the system for other tasks while MEMS+ is running.

Support for OpenGL Version 1.4 or higher
Discrete (as opposed to integrated) graphics with a minimum of 128 MB dedicated memory is recommended.
NVIDIA chip sets are recommended for Windows and Linux systems. ATI chip sets may be acceptable for Windows systems.
Up-to-date driver software

Architect3D System requirements are the same as for CoventorWare.

Supported Operating Systems

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WorkStation 4 or Desktop 5 64-bit (SEMulator3D Reader is only supported on Windows)

Hardware

minimum 1.6 GHz, faster is recommended
minimum 512 kB L2 cache, more is recommended
Dual processors and/or multiple cores per processor are recommended because the SEMulator3D voxel modeling engine will build 3D models faster.

Support for OpenGL version 1.4 or higher
Discrete (as opposed to integrated) graphics with a minimum of 128 MB dedicated memory is recommended.
NVIDIA chip sets are recommended for Windows and Linux systems. ATI chip sets may be acceptable for Windows systems.
Up-to-date driver software
Hardware support for alpha blending (available on most newer cards)
Display set to 1024 x 768 minimum resolution, 16-bit color or better