Announcment: Xyce Version 6.1 has been released

The Xyce(TM) team is pleased to announce the release of Xyce(TM) Version 6.1.

This release is a minor release that includes significant improvements over Xyce(TM) versions 6.0 and 6.0.1. Please see the Release Notes on the Xyce(TM) web site,

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for a complete list of new features and enhancements.

Highlights for Xyce(TM) Release 6.1 include:

o The device model package interface has been refactored, simplifying the process of adding new devices. o The ADMS/Xyce package has been improved, making import of Verilog-A models simpler and more robust. o The BSIM-CMG model 107 has been added. o A new digital buffer model has been added, and the AND, NAND, OR, and NOR gates have been updated to accept more than two inputs. o AC, harmonic balance, and MPDE analyses are now supported in parallel. o The robustness of harmonic balance analysis has been improved. o Voltage limiting handling in both the Trapezoid and Gear time integrators has been improved. o Numerous bugs have been fixed.

For details, see the Xyce(TM) Users' Guide and the Xyce(TM) Reference Guide.

The team is also pleased to announce the creation of an open forum for discussion of Xyce on Google Groups. Details on how to join this forum are on the Documentation and Tutorials page of the web site,

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To obtain a copy of Xyce(TM) Release Version 6.1, please see the downloads section of the web site:

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Thank You, The Xyce(TM) Team

Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000.

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