December 2024

Technical Paper

X-PIM: Fast Modeling and Validation Framework for Mixed-Signal Processing-in-Memory (PIM)

Researchers at Sungkyunkwan University used XMODEL to evaluate the system-level performance of transistor-level mixed-signal PIM circuits, achieving simulation speeds >300x faster than SPICE.

Q&A of the Month

How does XMODEL simulate nonlinear circuits and systems?

For fast and accurate event-driven simulation of analog circuits in SystemVerilog, XMODEL performs Laplace-domain computations. How, then, does it handle nonlinear circuits?

Tip of the Month

Shaping the phase noise of a clock with an arbitrary transfer function

You don't need a phase-locked loop (PLL) to filter the phase noise of an input clock. Using the 'clk_to_phase' and 'phase_to_clk' primitives, you can shape the phase noise with just a 'filter' primitive.

Primitive of the Month

clk_to_phase

This primitive extracts the phase value of an input clock.

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