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IC Compiler Installation Notes Version A-2007.12 December 10, 2007
Media Availability and Supported Platforms
The IC Compiler tool is available by EST download upon initial software release, and at a 
later date on DVD (or CD depending on image size). Table 1-1 shows the supported 
operating systems and keywords for this release.
Disk Space Requirements
The disk space requirement depends on the platform. Ta ble 1 -2 shows the maximum space 
required for installing IC Compiler on a particular platform. 
Table 1-1 Supported Operating Systems and Keywords 
Platform Operating system  Platform keyword Path keyword
AMD Opteron  
Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4, v5
1
1. Binary-compatible hardware platform or operating system. Note, however, that binary compatibility is not 
guaranteed. See http://www.synopsys.com/products/platforms/a-foundation.html for latest information. 
amd64 (64-bit mode)  AMD.64
EM64T
SUSE Enterprise Linux 9, 10
1
suse64 (64-bit mode)
suse32 (32-bit mode)
SUSE.64
SUSE.32
IA-32 (x86)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4, 5
1
linux IA.32 
Sun SPARC
Solaris 9, 10
1
sparc64 (64-bit) SUN.32 
SUN.64
Table 1-2 Disk Space Requirements (in Megabytes)
Operating system Megabytes
amd64 1120
linux 1100
sparc64 1340
suse32 1070
suse64 1090






