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Cadence Allegro and OrCAD 17.2-2016 Installation Guide for Windows April 2016 7 Product Version 17.2-2016 © 1999-2018 All Rights Reserved. Hardware and Software Requirements This manual is designed so that you can quickly find the information you need to install Cadence® Allegro® and OrCAD® release 17.2-2016products. Note: The ADW product line, individual ADW products, and product family names have been re-branded in Release 17.2-2016. Allegro Design Workbench (ADW) is now referred to as Allegro Engineering Data Management (EDM). This section describes the system requirements for Windows. Cadence Allegro and OrCAD products are integrated directly with Windows; the products support hardware and peripherals supported by Windows. A list of hardware and peripherals officially supported by Windows can be obtained from the Microsoft web page. The products require updating certain Microsoft libraries in the Windows directory. You must install the Cadence software using either a standalone install or a client install. You may not be able to point to the software without installing. Operating System Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate or Home Premium (64-bit); Windows 8 (64-bit) (All Service Packs); Windows 10 (64-bit); Windows 2008 R2 Server; Windows 2012 Server (All Service Packs). Note: Cadence Allegro and OrCAD products do not support Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic. In addition, Windows Server support does not include support for Windows Remote Desktop. Windows RT and Tablets are not supported. Note: Allegro EDM Server is supported only on Windows 2008 Server R2 and Microsoft Windows 2012 Server (All Service Packs). Recommended Software Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 11.0 or later Minimum Hardware Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon XP 2000 with multi-core CPU 8 GB RAM