March 2025

Technical Paper

Modeling and Simulation of Silicon Photonics Systems in SystemVerilog/XMODEL

This ASP-DAC 2025 paper explains how XMODEL's event-driven simulation can be extended to silicon photonic systems. Learn more

Model of the Month

Measuring the I-V characteristics of transistors

Can you build an XMODEL testbench measuring the Ids-Vds or Ids-Vgs characteristic curves of a transistor? Learn more

Tip of the Month

Suppressing 'X' and 'Z' values in digital-type inputs

The latest XMODEL release introduced 'valueX' and 'valueZ' parameters to enable customized handling of 'X' and 'Z' values of digital-type inputs. Learn more

Primitive of the Month

buf_xbit

The 'buf_xbit' primitive can be used to add inertial delay, set an initial value, or suppress 'X' and 'Z' values in digital inputs. Learn more

Latest Issues

September 2025

XMODEL at DVCon Europe, Evaluating Transceivers with Multi-Drop Channels, and More

August 2025

Modeling Variations in ReRAMs, Supporting RNM Nettypes, and More

July 2025

Analyzing the Power-Saving Benefits of DBI Encoding for High-Speed Transceivers and More

June 2025

Measuring Open-Loop Transfer Function of DC-DC Converter, Extracting Charge-Pump Converter Models, and More

May 2025

XMODEL at DAC 2025, Modeling an Asynchronous SAR-ADC, and More