100 Keyboard Shortcuts

General

CTRL+C (Copy)
CTRL+X (Cut)
CTRL+V (Paste)
CTRL+Z (Undo)
DELETE (Delete)
SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)
CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)
CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
CTRL+A (Select all)
F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)

ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)
F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
F5 key (Update the active window)
BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
ESC (Cancel the current task)
SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)

Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)
TAB (Move forward through the options)
SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options)
ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)
SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
F1 key (Display Help)
F4 key (Display the items in the active list)
BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)

m*cro$oft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)
Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)
Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)

Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts
Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)
Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager)
Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
END (Display the bottom of the active window)
HOME (Display the top of the active window)
NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder)
NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder)
NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder)
LEFT ARROW (Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder)
RIGHT ARROW (Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder)

Shortcut Keys for Character Map
After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts:
RIGHT ARROW (Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line)
LEFT ARROW (Move to the left or to the end of the previous line)
UP ARROW (Move up one row)
DOWN ARROW (Move down one row)
PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a time)
PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a time)
HOME (Move to the beginning of the line)
END (Move to the end of the line)
CTRL+HOME (Move to the first character)
CTRL+END (Move to the last character)
SPACEBAR (Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected)

m*cro$oft Management Console (MMC) Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
CTRL+N (Open a new console)
CTRL+S (Save the open console)
CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)
CTRL+W (Open a new window)
F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)
ALT+F4 (Close the console)
ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
ALT+V (Display the View menu)
ALT+F (Display the File menu)
ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)
MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+P (Print the current page or active pane)
ALT+Minus sign (-) (Display the window menu for the active console window)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item)
F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item)
F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active console window)
CTRL+F5 (Restore the active console window)
ALT+ENTER (Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console)

Remote Desktop Connection Navigation
CTRL+ALT+END (Open the m*cro$oft Windows NT Security dialog box)
ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right)
ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left)
ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the programs in most recently used order)
ALT+HOME (Display the Start menu)
CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen)
ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows menu)
CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)
CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)

m*cro$oft Internet Explorer Navigation
CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)
CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)
CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)
CTRL+H (Open the History bar)
CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)
CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)
CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)
CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L)
CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)
CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)
CTRL+W (Close the current window)

IEEE 1801: UPF achieves formal standardisation as IEEE-1801

The IEEE and the EDA-industry alliance Accellera
Shrenik Mehta, chairman of Accellera observes, "Industry acceptance of the IEEE 1801 standard power format can help optimize the energy consumption of future electronic systems by enabling engineers and tools to characterize and improve semiconductor power usage much earlier in the design cycle." announced today that the IEEE has approved a new standard, IEEE 1801, "Standard for Design and Verification of Low Power Integrated Circuits." The standard is also known as Unified Power Format (UPF) 2.0, and engineers in many chip-design teams worldwide already employ it to convey aspects of an IC design that are critical to low-power specifications from one tool to another throughout an electronic system design, analysis, verification and implementation flow.

EDA Blog: The IEEE has approved a new IEEE 1801 standard for Design and Verification of Low Power Integrated Circuits. The standard is also known as Unified Power Format (UPF) 2.0. UPF (first developed by Accellera) and is currently supported by multiple vendors and is in use worldwide. This is the first time that UPF has undergone an IEEE standardization effort. The IEEE 1801 standard provides portability of low-power design specifications that can be used with a variety of commercial products throughout an electronic system design, analysis, verification and implementation flow. Enhancements to UPF in the new standard include support for bias supplies (N-well, P-well, Deep-N-Well, and Deep-P-Well), greater flexibility and capabilities in specification of power states, and enhanced semantic capabilities for merged power domains.

References:
IEEE Standards Association
http://www.accellera.org/activities/p1801_upf/
http://www.accellera.org/join/roster/
http://standards.ieee.org/announcements/pr_ieee1801.html

EDA supporting UPF:

• Magma Design Automation
• Mentor Graphics
• Synopsys Inc.

Application engineers (EDN Blog)

Application engineers

Application engineers are the unsung heroes of EDA. They have to blend the technical skills of designers with the interpersonal skills of salespeople. Most AEs start out as design engineers (or software engineers for the embedded market). But not all design engineers make it as AEs, partially because, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, not all design engineers have good interpersonal skills! There’s also another problem, memorably described to me years ago by Devadas Varma: “they’ve only been in the restaurant before; now they’re in the kitchen they’re not so keen on what it takes to prepare the food.” Being an AE means cutting more corners than being a design engineer, and some people just don’t have that temperament. An AE usually has to produce a 95% solution quickly; a design engineer has to take whatever time it takes to produce a 100% solution.

AEs have a lot of options in their career path. As they become more senior and more experienced they have four main routes that they can take.

Read More - http://www.edn.com/blog/920000692/post/1110046111.html

Source: EDN

Oasys Design Systems- RealTime Designer - Multi-Million Gate RTL Synthesis

Introducing RealTime Designer (Connecting RTL to Silicon)
(Oasys Design Systems)

Oasys was founded in 2004 by a team of leading EDA developers, funded by successful entrepreneurs from the IC design and EDA business, with the intent of creating a new platform for IC implementation to address the 65 nanometer and below technology.

RealTime Designer operates at the RTL level and delivers stunning quality of results while doing it at speeds previously thought impossible and with a capacity of 100 million gates

Simply stated, RealTime Designer is a full chip, physical RTL synthesis product that provides a new platform for nanometer design delivering the following capabilities:

• 20X - 60x run time advantage over existing tools
• Best quality of results
• Chip scale capacity
• Plug and play with existing EDA flows
• Day one usability
• Dramatic reductions in P&R run times
• The best starting point for physical implementation

EDA Blog: (Source: Ken Cheung)

RealTime Designer follows a “Place First” methodology that takes the RTL, partitions it into blocks, places the RTL in the context of a floorplan and implements each block all the way to placement. Chip-level constraints are automatically propagated across the blocks and the design is optimized for the best possible quality of results. During the optimization phase, RealTime Designer will repartition the design at the RTL and re-implement until the chip-level constraints are met.

Design teams must manually check for many results, such as design congestion, and send the design repeatedly through synthesis and layout. RealTime Designer is the first product to automate that process. Designers can give RealTime Designer the chip floorplan as input or, if no floorplan exists then Oasys will create a floorplan including macro, pin and I/O placement. At completion RealTime Designer produces a placed design and a netlist that meets the constraints in the context of the desired floorplan.

Synthesizing a physical block using TSMC 65nm – 700k instances, 70 Macros, running at 600MHz, and a “golden” floorplan – RealTime Designer completed the task in just 20 minutes and achieving design closure after a single iteration in place and route. In the traditional approach on the same design, a single iteration of synthesis took 14 hours. Furthermore, it took 6 months of iterations to achieve the best result of -300ps Worst Negative Slack, and in the end was not able to achieve design closure.

Real Time Designer takes in standard inputs, including Verilog, standard timing and physical libraries, SDC timing constraints, and floorplan. VHDL will be available later this year. Output has been tested through all the popular place and route systems.

Competitors:
Synopsys | Cadence | Magma

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