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

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

January 2026

Generating Random Step Sequences for Stress-Testing, Measuring Single-Bit Responses, and More