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Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 14:18:11 -0600
From: Tom Russo <tvrusso AT sandia DOT gov>
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Subject: [geda-user] OT Announcement: Xyce Version 6.1 has been released
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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, http://xyce.sandia.gov, 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,
http://xyce.sandia.gov/documentation/index.html.

To obtain a copy of Xyce(TM) Release Version 6.1, please see the
downloads section of the web site: http://xyce.sandia.gov/downloads

Thank You,
The Xyce(TM) Team


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