June 2023

Upcoming Event

Meet XMODEL at DAC 2023

Check out the latest features of XMODEL, GLISTER, and MODELZEN at DAC 2023!

Model of the Month

Characterizing Eye Opening Margins of High-Speed I/O Links

This application note illustrates how to plot the eye diagram of an loop-unrolling DFE receiver and measure its vertical & horizontal openings.

Primitive of the Month

xreal_to_temp

This primitive lets you set the global temperature value with an xreal-type input.

XMODEL Release Updates

XMODEL 2023.06

This release adds new primitives such as 'xreal_to_temp' and 'temp_to_xreal' that control the temperature and adds temperature dependencies to the 'npn', 'pnp', and 'diode' primitives.

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