About This Manual
This document provides information on new and changed features for version 6.0 of the Cadence® Library Exchange Format (LEF) and Design Exchange Format (DEF) integrated circuit description languages.
How This Document Is Organized
This What’s New document is organized into the following chapters:
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LEF Syntax Changes
This chapter describes features that were added or changed in the LEF syntax since version 5.8 of LEF.
Any LEF syntax that has been made obsolete since version 5.8 are also highlighted in this chapter. -
DEF Syntax Changes
This chapter describes features that were added or changed in the DEF syntax since version 5.8 of DEF.
Any DEF syntax that has been made obsolete since version 5.8 are also highlighted in this chapter. -
ALIAS Statement
This chapter explains why the ALIAS statement has been removed and what to do if your old files still use ALIAS statements.
Related Documents
The following document provides detailed information about LEF and DEF.
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