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Xilinx Answer 57888 -14.7 Xpower Analysis - "WARNING:Power - Processor frequency 1000.0 Mhz exceeds the MAX allowed 667.0 Mhz for this device..."
Xilinx Answer 57887- 2013.3 Vivado Power - When are the set, reset, and report_default_switching_activity commands being deprecated?
Xilinx Answer 57885 - 2013.3 Vivado Power - Vector less switching activity propagation is incorrect for DSP blocks
Xilinx Answer 57884 - 2013.3 Vivado Power - reset_switching_activity command has no impact on clock signals
Xilinx Answer 57493 - 14.4 XPA - "EXCEPTION:Pds:Pds_PdmUsage.c:1419:1.24 - Invalid mode value specified"
Xilinx Answer 56291 - XPE revision 2013.1 (and earlier) reports incorrect Power-On Current for all Virtex-7 devices - Known Issues
Xilinx Answer 56291 - XPE revision 2013.1 (and earlier) reports incorrect Power-On Current for all Virtex-7 devices - Known Issues
Xilinx Answer 54205 - 14.x XPower Analyzer - "EXCEPTION:Pds:Pds_PdlBlock.c:319:1.24 - Mode mismatch error."
Xilinx Answer 46832 - XPE - Power estimation importing .xpe from XPA
Xilinx Answer 45867 - 13.4 XPE - Increase in Write_First SDP 18K/36K BRAM
Xilinx Answer 30479 - 10.1 XPower Analyzer (XPA) - Known Issues for XPA
Xilinx Answer 24594 - 9.2i XPower Analyzer (XPA) - Known Issues for XPA Early Access (Limited Support)
Xilinx Answer 20489 - 7.1i XPower - Power is not temperature dependent
Xilinx Answer 20487 - 7.1i XPower - Device support for CoolRunner-IIA not yet available
Xilinx Answer 19545 - 6.3i XPower - "WARNING:Power:90 (Power:91) cannot change frequency/activity rate"
Xilinx Answer 19534 - 6.3i XPower - Using Ctrl-V to paste data into the Frequency column results in the following error: "Fatal error (GUIDUtilities:WinApp.c:657)..."
Xilinx Answer 19524 - 6.3i XPower - Worst case mode power estimate is lower than typical power values
Xilinx Answer 19280 - 6.3i XPower - "WARNING:Power:91 - Can't change frequency of net GLOBAL_LOGIC1 to 0.16Mhz"
Xilinx Answer 17912 - 6.1i XPower - Attempting to save my settings causes the program to crash (Linux)
Xilinx Answer 17911 - 6.1i XPower - Running Estimate Activity Rates more than once causes power to increase
Xilinx Answer 17910 - 6.1i XPower - Running Estimate Activity Rates more than once causes power to increase
Xilinx Answer 17790 - 6.1i XPower - Repeatedly running "Estimate Activity Rates" causes power to increase for CPLD design
Xilinx Answer 17452 - 6.1i XPower - When running from the command line, the "-tb" switch must immediately follow the "-s" switch; Error reported: "error: Portability90"