Changelog

This is a list of the major changes from HotSpot 6.0 to HotSpot 7.0. This list will likely only be relevant to you if you were used to working with HotSpot 6.0:

• HotSpot now supports simulations with microfluidic cooling! See the example5 simulation for an example of a simulation with microfluidic cooling.
• When specifying a layer configuration (.lcf) file, you are no longer required to also specify a floorplan (.flp) file.
• HotSpot no longer prints steady-state results to stdout after a simulation runs.
• The DEBUG3D build option has been removed.
• The various floorplan, power trace, and other simulation input files have been migrated to the examples directory, where we have distilled them into individual examples, each with their own run.sh script to run them.
• The 3Dfig2pdf.sh script has been removed and all Perl scripts have been migrated to the scripts directory. Additionally, some new Python scripts have been added.
• The format of steady-state grid temperature files (.grid.steady files) has changed to show all layers instead of just one layer.
• We have added .grid.ttrace, or transient grid temperature files, as an option for simulation output.