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
March 2025
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
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