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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Vivado Design Suite Overview........................................................ 3
What is the Vivado Design Suite?.............................................................................................. 3
Introducing the Vivado IDE........................................................................................................ 4
Navigating Content by Design Process.................................................................................... 5

Chapter 2: Getting Started with the Vivado Design Suite....................... 6

Installing the Vivado Design Suite............................................................................................ 6
Launching the Vivado Design Suite.......................................................................................... 7

Chapter 3: Learning About the Vivado Design Suite................................ 12

Overview.....................................................................................................................................12
Documentation Navigator....................................................................................................... 12
Design Hubs...............................................................................................................................13
Vivado Quick Help..................................................................................................................... 13
QuickTake Video Tutorials........................................................................................................ 14
Tool Tutorials............................................................................................................................. 15
Documentation Suite................................................................................................................ 15

Chapter 4: Learning About the UltraFast Design Methodology........ 16

Overview.....................................................................................................................................16
UltraFast Design Methodology Guide for the Vivado Design Suite.................................... 16
UltraFast Design Methodology Checklist............................................................................... 17

Appendix A: Additional Resources and Legal Notices............................. 18

Xilinx Resources.........................................................................................................................18
Solution Centers........................................................................................................................ 18
Documentation Navigator and Design Hubs.........................................................................18
References..................................................................................................................................19
Training Resources....................................................................................................................19
Revision History......................................................................................................................... 20
Please Read: Important Legal Notices................................................................................... 20

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Chapter 1

Vivado Design Suite Overview

What is the Vivado Design Suite?

The Vivado® Design Suite is designed to improve productivity. This tool suite is architected to
increase the overall productivity for designing, integrating, and implementing systems using
UltraScale™, 7 series, and Versal® devices, Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoCs and, Zynq®-7000 SoCs.
Xilinx® devices are now much larger and come with a variety of new technology, including
stacked silicon interconnect (SSI) technology, up to 28 gigabyte (GB) high speed I/O interfaces,
hardened microprocessors and peripherals, analog mixed signal, and more. These larger and more
complex devices create multidimensional design challenges, when handled incorrectly, that can
prevent the achievement of faster time-to-market and increased productivity. With the Vivado
Design Suite, you can accelerate design implementation with place and route tools that
analytically optimize for multiple and concurrent design metrics, such as timing, congestion, total
wire length, utilization and power. The Vivado Design Suite provides you with design analysis
capabilities at each design stage. This allows for design and tool setting modifications earlier in
the design processes where they have less overall schedule impact, thus reducing design
iterations and accelerating productivity.

The Vivado Design Suite replaces the ISE Design Suite. It replaces all of the ISE Design Suite
point tools, such as Project Navigator, Xilinx Synthesis Technology (XST), implementation, CORE
Generator tool, Timing Constraints Editor, ISE Simulator (ISim), ChipScope™ Analyzer, Xilinx
Power Analyzer, FPGA Editor, PlanAhead design tool, and SmartXplorer. All of these capabilities
are now built directly into the Vivado Design Suite and leverage a shared scalable data model.
Built on the shared scalable data model of the Vivado Design Suite, the entire design process can
be executed in memory without having to write or translate any intermediate file formats, which
accelerates run times, debug, and implementation while reducing memory requirements. The
Vitis™ IDE can be launched from Vivado. This is designed to be used for the development of
embedded software applications targeted towards Xilinx embedded processors.

All of the Vivado Design Suite tools are written with a native tool command language (Tcl)
interface. All of the commands and options available in the Vivado integrated design
environment (IDE), which is the graphical user interface (GUI) for the Vivado Design Suite, are
accessible through Tcl. The Vivado Design Suite also provides powerful access to the design data
for reporting and configuration as well as the tool commands and options.

You can interact with the Vivado Design Suite using:

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• GUI-based commands in the Vivado IDE

• Tcl commands entered in the Tcl Console in the Vivado IDE, in the Vivado Design Suite Tcl
shell outside the Vivado IDE, or saved to a Tcl script file that is run either in the Vivado IDE or
in the Vivado Design Suite Tcl shell
• A mix of GUI-based and Tcl commands

A Tcl script can contain Tcl commands covering the entire design synthesis and implementation
flow, including all necessary reports generated for design analysis at any point in the design flow.

Introducing the Vivado IDE

Note: The Vivado Design Suite and the ISE Design Suite, which contains the PlanAhead tool, must be
installed separately. For more information, see the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Release Notes, Installation,
and Licensing (UG973) and Xilinx ISE Design Suite 14: Release Notes, Installation, and Licensing (UG631).

The Vivado IDE provides new users with an intuitive interface and gives advanced users the
power they require. All of the tools and tool settings are written in native Tcl. You can run
analysis and assign constraints throughout the design process. For example, the tools can provide
timing or power estimations after synthesis, placement, or routing. Because the database is
accessible through Tcl, you can make changes to constraints, design configuration, or tool
settings in real time, often without forcing re-implementation.

The Vivado IDE introduces the concept of opening designs in memory. Opening a design
effectively loads the design netlist at that particular stage of the design flow, assigns the
constraints to the design, and applies the design to the target device. This allows you to visualize
and interact with the design at each design stage. The Vivado IDE enables you to open designs
after register-transfer level (RTL) elaboration, synthesis, and implementation. You can make
change to constraints, logic or device configuration, and implementation results. You can also use
design checkpoints to save the current state of any design. A design checkpoint is a snapshot of
the design at any stage of the design process that includes the netlist, constraints, and
implementation results. Vivado automatically creates design checkpoints at each stage of the
flow that can be opened and analyzed.

For more information on the Vivado IDE, see the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Using the Vivado
IDE (UG893). For more information on analyzing designs, see the Vivado Design Suite User Guide:
Design Analysis and Closure Techniques (UG906).

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Navigating Content by Design Process

Xilinx® documentation is organized around a set of standard design processes to help you find
relevant content for your current development task. All Versal® ACAP design process Design
Hubs and the Design Flow Assistant materials can be found on the Xilinx.com website. This
document covers the following design processes:

• Hardware, IP, and Platform Development: Creating the PL IP blocks for the hardware
platform, creating PL kernels, functional simulation, and evaluating the Vivado® timing,
resource use, and power closure. Also involves developing the hardware platform for system
integration.

• System Integration and Validation: Integrating and validating the system functional
performance, including timing, resource use, and power closure.

• Board System Design: Designing a PCB through schematics and board layout. Also involves
power, thermal, and signal integrity considerations.

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Chapter 2

Getting Started with the Vivado

Design Suite

Installing the Vivado Design Suite

The ISE® Design Suite and the Vivado® Design Suite are now released separately and must be
installed separately. Both suites are available from the Downloads page on the Xilinx website.

All current, in-warranty seats of the ISE Design Suite will receive an entitlement to the current
Vivado Design Suite release. All current, in-warranty seats of the Vivado Design Suite will receive
an entitlement to the equivalent ISE Design Suite edition.

You can customize the Vivado Design Suite installation based on the tools and data you require.
In addition, you can customize by installing only certain Xilinx device families, such as the
Kintex®-7 or Artix®-7 device families.

Detailed installation, licensing and release information is available in the following documents:

• Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Release Notes, Installation, and Licensing (UG973)
Note: This document includes information on operating system (OS) support. It also includes detailed
information on the Xilinx Information Center, which periodically checks for new releases and updates
from Xilinx and is the replacement for XilinxNotify.

• Xilinx ISE Design Suite 14: Release Notes, Installation, and Licensing (UG631)
Note: This document includes information on operating system (OS) support. It also includes detailed
information on the Xilinx Information Center, which periodically checks for new releases and updates
from Xilinx and is the replacement for XilinxNotify.

IMPORTANT! Please refer to ISE to Vivado Design Suite Migration Guide (UG911) for migrating designs
from ISE to Vivado. From 2022.1 onwards, the projects containing ISE technology are no longer recognized
by Vivado and are not read.

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Launching the Vivado Design Suite

You can launch the Vivado Design Suite and run the tools using different methods depending on
your preference. For example, you can choose a Tcl script-based compilation style method in
which you manage sources and the design process yourself, also known as Non-Project Mode.
Alternatively, you can use a project-based method to automatically manage your design process
and design data using projects and project states, also known as Project Mode. Either of these
methods can be run using a Tcl scripted batch mode or run interactively in the Vivado IDE. For
more information on the different design flow modes, see this link in the Vivado Design Suite User
Guide: Design Flows Overview (UG892).

VIDEO: For more information on design flows, see the Vivado Design Suite QuickTake Video: Design Flows
Overview.

Working with Tcl

If you prefer to work directly with Tcl, you can interact with your design using Tcl commands
using either of the following methods:

• Enter individual Tcl commands in the Vivado Design Suite Tcl shell outside of the Vivado IDE.
• Enter individual Tcl commands in the Tcl Console at the bottom of the Vivado IDE.
• Run Tcl scripts from the Vivado Design Suite Tcl shell.
• Run Tcl scripts from the Vivado IDE.

For more information about using Tcl and Tcl scripting, see the Vivado Design Suite User Guide:
Using Tcl Scripting (UG894). For a step-by-step tutorial that shows how to use Tcl in the Vivado
tools, see the Vivado Design Suite Tutorial: Design Flows Overview (UG888).

Launching the Vivado Design Suite Tcl Shell

Use the following command to invoke the Vivado Design Suite Tcl shell either at the Linux
command prompt or within a Windows Command Prompt window:

vivado -mode tcl

Note: On Windows, you can also select Start → All Programs → Xilinx Design Tools → Vivado <version> →
Vivado <version> Tcl Shell.

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Launching the Vivado Tools Using a Batch Tcl Script

You can use the Vivado tools in batch mode by supplying a Tcl script when invoking the tool. Use
the following command either at the Linux command prompt or within a Windows Command
Prompt window:

vivado -mode batch -source <your_Tcl_script>

Note: When working in batch mode, the Vivado tools exit after running the specified script.

Working with the Vivado IDE

If you prefer to work in a GUI, you can launch the Vivado IDE from Windows or Linux. For more
information on the Vivado IDE, see the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Using the Vivado IDE
(UG893).

VIDEO: To learn more about using the Vivado IDE, see the Vivado Design Suite QuickTake Video: Getting
Started with the Vivado IDE.

RECOMMENDED: Launch the Vivado IDE from your working directory. This makes it easier to locate the
project file, log files, and journal files, which are written to the launch directory.

Launching the Vivado IDE on Windows

Select Start → All Programs → Xilinx Design Tools → Vivado <version> → Vivado <version>.

Note: You can also double-click the Vivado IDE shortcut icon on your desktop.

Figure 1: Vivado IDE Desktop Icon

TIP: You can right-click the Vivado IDE shortcut icon and select Properties to update the Start In field. This
makes it easier to locate the log files and journal files, which are written to the launch directory.

Launching the Vivado IDE from the Command Line on Windows or

Linux
Enter the following command at the command prompt:

vivado

Note: When you enter this command, it automatically runs vivado -mode gui to launch the Vivado
IDE. You can type vivado -help to see the various command line options for use when launching the
Vivado tool.

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Launching the Vivado IDE from the Vivado Design Suite Tcl Shell
Enter the following command at the Tcl command prompt:

start_gui

Using the Vivado IDE

When you launch the Vivado IDE, the Getting Started page, shown in the following figure,
displays and provides you with different options to help you begin working with the Vivado
Design Suite.

Figure 2: Vivado IDE Getting Started Page

Starting with a Project

You can create or open a project, and add source files to define your design. The Quick Start
section of the Getting Started Page provides links for easy access to the following steps:

• Create a project using the New Project wizard.

• Open existing projects.
• Open example projects provided by Xilinx.
Note: You can also open recently accessed projects from the Recent Projects list.

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If you are working with a project, the tool automatically manages your design and keeps track of
design file status. You can launch predefined design flow steps, and access results reports along
the way.

For more information on design entry, see theVivado Design Suite User Guide: System-Level Design
Entry (UG895). For information on the next steps in the design flow, see the Vivado Design Suite
User Guide: Design Flows Overview (UG892).

Managing IP
You can create an IP location to configure and manage IP remotely, which allows access from
different design projects and source control management systems. You can use the Vivado IP
catalog to browse and customize delivered IP as well as open existing IP and repositories.

For more information on design entry, see the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: System-Level Design
Entry (UG895). For information on IP, see the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Designing with IP
(UG896).

Opening the Hardware Manager

You can open the Vivado Design Suite Hardware Manager to program your design into a device.
The Vivado logic analyzer and Vivado serial I/O analyzer features of the tool enable you to debug
your design. For example, you can add ILA, VIO, Memory IP, and JTAG-to-AXI cores to your
design for debugging in the Vivado logic analyzer, or use the IBERT example design from the
Xilinx IP catalog to test and configure the GTs in your design with the Vivado serial I/O analyzer.

For more information on these tools, see the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Programming and
Debugging (UG908).

Vivado Store
The Vivado Store consolidates Tcl apps, board files, and configurable example designs into a
single location. A catalog file maintains the list of all items available in the stores. To update the
catalog, click the refresh button for the respective store in the lower left-hand corner. All catalog
items will be displayed in the GUI and individual items can be installed, removed, or upgraded.
The store includes the following categories:

• Tcl Apps: An open source repository of Tcl code designed primarily for use with the Vivado
Design Suite. The Tcl Store provides access to multiple scripts and utilities contributed from
different sources, which solve various issues and improves productivity. For more information,
see this link in the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Using Tcl Scripting (UG894).
• Boards: A GitHub repository forXilinx and third-party hosted board files. Using a board file
with Vivado can simplify design creation by integrating board level resources into the design
environment.

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• Example Designs: A GitHub repository comprised of Xilinx and third-party configurable

example designs. These designs are intended to demonstrate specific capabilities of the tool
and provide a baseline design.

Reviewing Documentation and Videos

From the Getting Started page, you can open documentation, including user guides, tutorials,
videos, and the release notes, in the Xilinx Documentation Navigator.

For more information on the Documentation Navigator and the Vivado Design Suite
documentation, see Chapter 3: Learning About the Vivado Design Suite.

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Chapter 3

Learning About the Vivado Design

Suite

Overview
This chapter provides information on where to learn more about the Vivado® Design Suite.

RECOMMENDED: For a hands-on approach to learning the tool, follow the QuickTake Video Tutorials
and the Tool Tutorials.

TIP: For quick access to information on different parts of the Vivado IDE, click the Vivado Quick Help
button ( ) in the window or dialog box.

Documentation Navigator
You can view the Xilinx tool and hardware documentation in the Xilinx Documentation Navigator
(DocNav) or on the Xilinx website. DocNav is integrated with the Vivado Design Suite. It provides
an environment to access and manage the entire set of Xilinx documentation for hardware and
software products, training, and support materials.

To open the Documentation Navigator:

• In the Vivado IDE, select any documentation link on the Getting Started page or in the Help
menu.
• On Windows, select Start → All Programs → Xilinx Design Tools → DocNav.
Note: You can also double-click the DocNav shortcut icon on your desktop

• At the Linux command prompt, enter docnav

Features of the Documentation Navigator include:

• Catalog: Displays all available Xilinx software and hardware documents, QuickTake videos,
Design Advisories, and Application Notes.

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• Filters: Allows you to view documentation by specific document types, specific devices, or
other relevant categories.

• Search: Enables you to find documentation based on the specified search terms. The
search capability works for documentation both in the local repository and on the Xilinx
website.

• Design Hubs: Provides quick access to documentation, training, and information for specific
design tasks.

• UltraFast™ Design Methodology Checklist: Perform the Checklist on your design to ensure
Xilinx recommended design practices are followed for the best user experience and design
performance.

• Quick Download: Documentation Navigator manages downloading Xilinx documentation to

your local desktop.

• Documentation Update: Documentation Navigator monitors and indicates when documents

are updated on the Xilinx website.

RECOMMENDED: Click the Update Catalog button at the top of the Documentation Navigator to
update to the latest document catalog from the Xilinx website. This ensures the latest documents and
videos are available.

Design Hubs
Xilinx Design Hubs provide links to documentation organized by design tasks and other topics,
which you can use to learn key concepts and address frequently asked questions. To access the
Design Hubs:

• In the Xilinx Documentation Navigator, click the Design Hub View tab.
• On the Xilinx website, see the Design Hubs page.

Vivado Quick Help

The Vivado Quick Help system is available from within the Vivado IDE by clicking on the
button in dialog boxes, windows, and wizards. A browser-like window opens with an overview of
the feature, and the various inputs or settings that drive it. The Vivado Quick Help system also
provides references to user guides, QuickTake videos, and other documentation for a specific
feature.

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The Quick Help browser window includes a search function for locating text within a specific
help file. The browser has back and forward buttons for viewing the history of Quick Help
windows viewed while working in the Vivado IDE.

The button in wizards and dialog boxes is located in the lower left corner (see the following
figure). In windows, the button is located in the upper-right corner.

Figure 3: Quick Help Example

QuickTake Video Tutorials

Xilinx provides a series of short training videos that focus on specific design tasks to help you
learn to use the Vivado IDE. The videos are available in the Documentation Navigator, from the
Vivado Design Suite QuickTake Video Tutorials on the Xilinx website, and on YouTube.

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Tool Tutorials
There is a variety of step-by-step software tool tutorials to help you get working in the Vivado
IDE quickly. The tutorials provide step by step instructions to perform specific design tasks in the
tool using small example designs. Each tutorial has a series of independent labs relevant to the
tutorial subject matter. The tutorials are available in the Documentation Navigator and from the
Vivado Design Suite Documentation page on the Xilinx website.

Documentation Suite
• Vivado Design Suite User Guides: These guides are categorized by design task for easy
navigation to the information you need. User guides contain detailed information about
running specific commands and performing specific design tasks within the Vivado Design
Suite. They are available from the Vivado Design Suite User Guides page on the Xilinx
website.

• Reference Guides: These guides provide reference information for topics, such as Tcl
commands, constraints, and device libraries. They are available from the Vivado Design Suite
Reference Guides page on the Xilinx website.

• Methodology Guides: These guides provide high-level guidance for performing specific design
tasks, such as design migrating and large design guidance. They are available from the Vivado
Design Suite Methodology Guides page on the Xilinx website

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Chapter 4

Learning About the UltraFast

Design Methodology

Overview
The Xilinx® UltraFast™ design methodology provides tips and suggestions for each stage of the
design process when using the Vivado® Design Suite, including:

• Design flow planning

• Printed circuit board (PCB) and field programmable gate array (FPGA) device planning
• Design creation
• Implementation
• Configuration and debug
• Working with Revision Control Systems

UltraFast Design Methodology Guide for the

Vivado Design Suite
The UltraFast Design Methodology Guide for Xilinx FPGAs and SoCs (UG949) describes the
recommended methodology for optimizing design results and maximizing efficiency when using
the Vivado tools. This guide also includes an appendix with the items from the UltraFast Design
Methodology Checklist (XTP301), and each item links to relevant information in the guide.

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UltraFast Design Methodology Checklist

The UltraFast Design Methodology Checklist is designed to facilitate a faster design cycle with
the best results. It includes a set of items to consider for each stage of the design process and
provides recommended actions to take as well as links to additional information. The checklist is
available in spreadsheet format at the UltraFast Design Methodology Checklist (XTP301). You can
also access the checklist from within the Xilinx Documentation Navigator as follows. For more
information on Xilinx Documentation Navigator, see Documentation Navigator.

1. Click the Design Hub View tab.

2. At the top of the menu on the left side, click Create Design Checklist.
3. In the New Design Checklist dialog box, fill out the information and click OK.
4. The new checklist opens, and the tabs across the top provide navigation.
The Title Page tab provides basic information on using the checklist, and the other tabs
provide checklist items and recommendations.

Figure 4: UltraFast Design Methodology Checklist Tabs in Xilinx Documentation

Navigator

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Appendix A

Additional Resources and Legal

Notices

Xilinx Resources
For support resources such as Answers, Documentation, Downloads, and Forums, see Xilinx
Support.

Solution Centers
See the Xilinx Solution Centers for support on devices, software tools, and intellectual property
at all stages of the design cycle. Topics include design assistance, advisories, and troubleshooting
tips.

Documentation Navigator and Design Hubs

Xilinx® Documentation Navigator (DocNav) provides access to Xilinx documents, videos, and
support resources, which you can filter and search to find information. To open DocNav:

• From the Vivado® IDE, select Help → Documentation and Tutorials.

• On Windows, select Start → All Programs → Xilinx Design Tools → DocNav.
• At the Linux command prompt, enter docnav.

Xilinx Design Hubs provide links to documentation organized by design tasks and other topics,
which you can use to learn key concepts and address frequently asked questions. To access the
Design Hubs:

• In DocNav, click the Design Hubs View tab.

• On the Xilinx website, see the Design Hubs page.

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Note: For more information on DocNav, see the Documentation Navigator page on the Xilinx website.

References
These documents provide supplemental material useful with this guide:

1. Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Release Notes, Installation, and Licensing (UG973)
2. Xilinx ISE Design Suite 14: Release Notes, Installation, and Licensing (UG631)
3. Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Using the Vivado IDE (UG893)
4. Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Design Analysis and Closure Techniques (UG906)
5. ISE to Vivado Design Suite Migration Guide (UG911)
6. Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Using Constraints (UG903)
7. Xilinx Downloads
8. Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Design Flows Overview (UG892)
9. Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Using Tcl Scripting (UG894)
10. Vivado Design Suite Tutorial: Design Flows Overview (UG888)
11. Vivado Design Suite User Guide: System-Level Design Entry (UG895)
12. Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Designing with IP (UG896)
13. Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Programming and Debugging (UG908)
14. UltraFast Design Methodology Guide for Xilinx FPGAs and SoCs (UG949)
15. UltraFast Design Methodology Checklist (XTP301)
16. Vivado Design Suite Documentation

Training Resources
1. Designing FPGAs Using the Vivado Design Suite 1 Training Course
2. Vivado Design Suite QuickTake Video: Design Flows Overview
3. Vivado Design Suite QuickTake Video: Getting Started with the Vivado IDE
4. Vivado Design Suite QuickTake Video Tutorials

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Revision History
The following table shows the revision history for this document.

Section Revision Summary

04/26/2022 Version 2022.1
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Launching the Vivado IDE from the Command Line on Updated the section.
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SUCH SYSTEMS FOR SAFETY PURPOSES. USE OF PRODUCTS IN A SAFETY APPLICATION
WITHOUT A SAFETY DESIGN IS FULLY AT THE RISK OF CUSTOMER, SUBJECT ONLY TO
APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING LIMITATIONS ON PRODUCT
LIABILITY.

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