
DesignStart usage reporting FAQ
Answers to frequently asked questions about DesignStart usage reporting.
General FAQs about DesignStart.
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Answers to frequently asked questions about DesignStart usage reporting.
General FAQs about DesignStart.
For any other questions, please contact your account owner or the DesignStart Licensing Team at PDG-DS-Licensing@arm.com
Usage reporting is the reporting of LICENSEE products that contains Arm IP. This includes a set of basic product information that is defined in your agreement.
In exchange for the product that was downloaded from Arm DesignStart, LICENSEE agrees to report on each LICENSEE products. This includes a set of product information as defined in the agreement.
The URL for Arm DesignStart usage reporting portal is https://usagereport.arm.com. You will login through your Arm Single Sign-On. If you don’t have an Arm user account yet, please sign up for DesignStart here.
Please contact your account owner or DesignStart Licensing Team (PDG-DS-Licensing@arm.com) if there is a reporter role transition or you need to add a new user from your organization for usage reporting.
Product Status | Definition |
In design | Back end views of Arm IP have been downloaded and either evaluation work or chip design work have begun, but no tape out yet |
MPW | MPW / Shuttle Run tape out |
In production | Multi-Layer-Mask or full mask tape out in either prototype or production |
End of Life | Tape out products terminated or reached end of life |
Cancelled | In design products are cancelled without reaching tape out, or no longer exist (include details of reasons for product cancellation) |
After creating and saving a new product, look for the “Certify” button at the upper right corner of the product detail page:
If you cannot see the “Certify” button next to the “Edit” button in the upper right corner of the product detail page, that means the product you just entered is not Certification Ready and is missing certain required information. Please click the “Edit” button to add all required information such as foundry part number and Arm IP to make it Certification Ready. The fields with an asterisk next to them will be all the required information.
If the product is still in design and you do not have a foundry part number, please wait until it has been taped out to submit for certification.
Product information page will be automatically locked and not editable once submitted for certification. Please contact your account owner or DesignStart Licensing Team (PDG-DS-Licensing@arm.com) if you find a typo or need to make changes to a product that’s already been submitted for certification.
Revision can be created for the following purposes:
When you create a revision, all existing product information will be pre-populated except for the following:
If you already have the IP Confirmation Form and Artiscan Report in hand when you create a product, please upload them through the two upload buttons on the “Creating New Product” page:
If you don’t have those files at the moment, please go ahead and submit your product. Your account owner in the DesignStart Licensing Team will assist you with the generation of the files when they review your product certification.
Download the Artiscan tool here.
If you’d like to attach other relevant files to the product, after creating and saving the new product, on the product detail page, click “Files” on the left to upload file:
You can add new products and submit for certification anytime throughout the quarter. For new tape outs, preferably right after the product has been taped out for more accurate data.
January 1-31 | Q4 report |
April 1-30 | Q1 report |
July 1-31 | Q2 report |
October 1-31 | Q3 report |
We will suspend accounts that are delinquent in fulfilling usage report at the end of the reporting window. Once suspended, your download function in DesignStart will be taken away. Suspended accounts will still be able to submit usage reports for current and previous quarters at https://usagereport.arm.com. Once we have received missing usage reports, we will reactivate your account.
This is a known error that we are correcting. Although the error is appearing, you can be assured that you have successfully logged out.
We recommend you use Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox for the best performance of our new reporting system. We are looking to make IE compatible as well, but will come later.
For more training information, please click here for training materials.
After you click New Usage Report, on the usage report screen, there will be a Nothing to Report button in the upper right corner. You can click Nothing to Report if:
Single Sign-On has been incorporated for all usage reporting users. This will require e-mail address verification and will require you to sign up if you have not done so before.
To complete, follow the steps below:
Click on Sign up now.
Input your corporate e-mail address and click Send verification code.
Enter the verification code that was sent to your e-mail address and then click Verify code.
Create and confirm a new password, then click Create.
After verification, you will be able to input your login credentials and Sign In to usage reporting system.
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