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We are pleased to announce the availability of version 2013.12 of the RSoft products, which includes the RSoft Component Design Suite, the RSoft System Tools, and RSoft MetroWAND.
Beginning with version 2013.12, the license scheme for all RSoft products has migrated to the Synopsys Common Licensing (SCL) system. The adoption of the new licensing scheme may change how you obtain RSoft product license key files. Please review the following sections for more details.
Customers in the U.S., Canada, and Other Direct-Sales Locations
Software and license key files for RSoft product customers in the U.S., Canada and other direct-sales locations are available on the Synopsys SolvNet website. You will need the following to install RSoft products version 2013.12:
Complete instructions about obtaining your RSoft products software, license key files and the SCL installer are available in the RSoft Installation Guide at https://synopsys.com/optical/e-newsletter-pdfs/RSoftProductIG.pdf
To learn more about navigating SolvNet to obtain RSoft products software and license key files, view our SolvNet overview video on the Customer Support Portal.
International Customers
For international customers working with distributors, you will continue to obtain your software and license key files from your local RSoft software distributor. Your distributor will provide the SCL installer that enables the licensing functionality. See the Synopsys Optical Solutions Group Global Contacts page for contact information. If your country is not listed on the Distributors page referenced above, please contact us at rsoft_support@synopsys.com for instructions.
The RSoft Component Design Suite includes the following new features:
View the video: Using the RSoft BSDF Utilities to Model Diffractive Surfaces with RSoft Software, LightTools, and CODE V
View the video: Modeling a Silicon Modulator with the Multi-Physics Utility
Since RSoft products have migrated to the SCL system, OptSim and ModeSYS users will require new license files to run the RSoft System Tools 2013.12.
MetroWAND 2013.12 includes the following new features:
In April 2014, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP. In addition, usage of several other platforms currently supported by the RSoft products, such as Windows Vista, has drastically decreased. Therefore, RSoft products versioned 2013.12 will be the last versions to officially support the following operating systems:
Please note that service releases for RSoft products versioned 2013.12 will also support Windows XP, Windows Vista, RHEL 4, and 32-bit versions of Windows and Linux.
Beginning in mid-2014, RSoft products beyond version 2013.12 will only officially support the following platforms:
We encourage you to migrate to 64-bit Windows or Linux computers, since official support for 32-bit versions of these operating systems will end in mid-2014. If you have any questions, please contact rsoft_support@synopsys.com.