May 2020

PRIMITIVE OF THE MONTH

inv_func

This primitive computes a reciprocal of an xreal-typed input.

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TIP OF THE MONTH

Modeling a digital gate with unequal rising and falling delays

Here is a simple trick to model a digital buffer with unequal rising and falling delays using 'transition' and 'slice' primitives.

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XMODEL RELEASE UPDATES

2020.05 Release

This release adds many new features and primitives, including the flicker noise modeling in the clock-generating primitives and improved channel fitting with the sparam_to_tf script.

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UPCOMING EVENT

DAC 2020 going virtual on July 20-24

Don't miss this opportunity to check out the latest updates on XMODEL while staying healthy!

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Latest Issues

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Meet Diana, Scientific Analog's AI Booth Specialist at DAC 2026!

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Verifying NPUs with CIM, Optimizing Transmit Equalizers, and More

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Estimating Eye Openings and FFE/DFE Settings from Channel SBR

April 2026

Delay, Delay, Delay!

March 2026

EQCHECK, Adaptive Decision-Feedback Equalizer, and More