December 2025

Season's Greetings

In 2026, may you find a question that makes all the difference!

Did you know that movies started with a question, "Do all four of a horse's hooves leave the ground during a gallop?" Learn more

Tip of the Month

Checking whether a clocked comparator has an input-referred offset within a specified range

Can you write a checker that monitors a clocked comparator’s output while tolerating a finite input-referred offset? Learn more

Primitive of the Month

check_value

This primitive checks whether the difference between an input and a reference signal lies within a specified range. Learn more

XMODEL Release Updates

XMODEL 2025.12

Starting with this release, EQCHECK can generate a testbench that embeds checker primitives to validate equivalence between the circuit and the model. Learn more

Latest Issues

June 2026

Verifying NPUs with CIM, Optimizing Transmit Equalizers, and More

May 2026

Estimating Eye Openings and FFE/DFE Settings from Channel SBR

April 2026

Delay, Delay, Delay!

March 2026

EQCHECK, Adaptive Decision-Feedback Equalizer, and More

February 2026

XMODEL at DVCon US, Introducing EQCHECK, and More