Minutes of the November 17th, 2003 IEEE 1364 Working Group

From: Michael McNamara (mac@verisity.com)
Date: Mon Nov 17 2003 - 11:06:50 PST

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    Meeting called to order 8:36 November 17, 2003

    Administrivia:
     Next meeting is December 15th, at 8:30 Pacific Time, same number.
     Meetings occur every fouth monday. Web site is
     http://www.verilog.com/IEEEVerilog.html

    Attendance:
     Today DASC member (D yes, - no)
     | |
     v v
     A aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa D Michael McNamara <verisity>
     A aaaaaaaaaaaaa-aa D Steven Sharp <cadence>
     A aaaaaaaaaaaaa-aa D Karen Pieper <synopsys>
     A aaaaaaaaaa----aa D Brad Pierce <synopsys>
     A aaaaa-aaaaaaaaa- D Shalom Bresticker <motorola>
     A aaaaa-aaaaaaa-a- D Charles Dawson <cadence>
     A aa-aa-aaaaaaaaaa D James A. Markevitch <Evegreen Technology>
     A aa-aa----------- D Drew Lynch <verisity>
     A aa-a---aaaaa-aa- D Stuart Sutherland <sutherland-hdl>
     A a-aaa D Dennis Brophy <model>
     A a--aa-a-aaaaaaa- D Stefen Boyd <boyd>
     A a-----aa-a---aaa - Clifford E. Cummings <sunburst-design>
     A a D Richard Ho (rep Curt Widdoes)
     A -aa D Keith Gover
     A aaaa D Alec Stanclulesco <fintronic>
     A aaa D Ennis Hawk <Jeda>
     A ---a--a--------- - Krishna Garlapati <synplicity>
     A aaaaa D Francoise Martinolle <cadence>
     A ----a D Steven Dovich <cadence>
     A -aaa-aaaa------- D Kurt Baty <wfsdb>
     A aaa-----a------- D Mehdi Mohtashemi <synopsys>

       aaaa------a--aa- D Tom Fitzpatrick <synopsys>
       a D Atsushi <Jeda>
       a--aa-aaaaaaaaaa D Anders Nordstrom <cadence>
       -aa - Don Mills <lcdm-eng.com>
       -a--a D Karen Bartleson <synopsys>
       --aaa D Jay Lawrence <cadence>
       --a-aaaaaaaaa-aa D Gordon Vreugdenhil <synopsys>
       --a D David Smith <synopsys>
       --a D Dave Rich
       --a D Chong Guan Tan <verisity>
       ------aaaaaaaaaa - Dennis Marsa <xilinx>
       --------------aa - Erich Marchner <cadence>
       ---------------a D Peter Flake <synopsys>

    1) The Chair read the IEEE patent policy presentation,and refers all
       to http://www.verilog.com/IEEEVerilog.html where a link to the IEEE
       policy is prominent.

    2) Shalom moves Drew seconds approving minutes. None oppose, minutes
       approved unanimously.

    3) Report of the 2001c Project:

       Editing is finished, Errata has been sent for approval. IEEE 2001
       C will appear on every page. The participant list will go into the
       1364-2001 C Errata, and also into the reprint.

       Cliff moves, Stu Seconds to accept name list for inclusion as front
       matter in the Errata, and Reprint, name list as ammended,
       ammendment being to include Stuart Sutherland as Co Chair for the
       PLI task force.

       Draft 3, end of year, has all 2001-C (minus items superceeds),
       Errata, plus additional changes.

       Cliff moves to accept Errata document, Stu seconds. none opposed,
       none abstain, errata document

    4) Report on User survey. Birds of a Feather suggested, for Tuesday
       evening, at 7-8:30pm.

    5) Report of BTF Task Force.
     
       First the Coordination committee. Alec reports looked at the
       donations, prioritized, and analyized dependences; identified tasks
       forces to work on these donations, and identified TFs that could
       start right away, as they do not overlap Accellera work; others are
       complemantary to Accellera work, and could proceed if there is good
       working relationship; and other that distinctly overlap.

       Encryption Task Force: chair is Steve Dovich. Members recruited
       form the task force are Richard Ho, Alec Stanculescu and Bernie
       Delay. The group would like an ARM member, and someone from Xilinx
       and/or Altera, perhaps Dennis Marshna.

       Goal of Encryption Task Force is to finish up the integration of
       this proposal into the LRM. Purpose of the donation is to come up
       with syntax for organizing the HDL text in a way it can be
       encrypted.

       Discussion started on the System Task Based Randomization Library
       Task Force, but the group decided this still needs collaboration.

       Discussion started on the Separate Compilation Task Force: Somewhat
       overlapping, somewhat orthagonal efforts underway at Accellera. No
       conflicts within IEEE 1364. Will also apply to IEEE 1364-2001.
       Forming of a task force was referred to BTF.

       Second the BTF chair, Steven Sharp reported on the activities of
       the BTF, and Extensions Guidelines Group. Katheryn McKinley is the
       new chair of the EGG. The EGG meets the off mondays from the VSG.
       A meeting held October 10th at 4:00 pm eastern time. Next meeting
       8:30 am pacific time, Monday November 24th, 2003. Interested
       parties should send email to Kathy at her last name at cadence dot
       com.

    6) Stuart Sutherland reported that the PLI Task force last meeting was
       two weeks ago, closed on a number of items, which are not yet in
       database.

    7) No progress has happened in Mac meeting with Dennis to define
       ways Accellera and 1364 can work together.

    8) The chair then reminded everyone to send in IEEE roster data at
       http://www.verilog.com/IEEEverilog.html, and to verify and renew
       their DASC membership, at http://www.dasc.org

    9) Then the group took up the next item on the agenda, which was to
       review and consider for approval the activities of the Errata and
       PLI Task Forces.

       Those seeking more information on these issues are directed to
       http://www.boyd.com/1364_btf, where one can access these items by
       issue number. As is usual practice, these matters are presented to
       the VSG by a member of the task force; discussion ensues; and only
       votes of those opposed or abstain are noted.

    Issue : 9 Made by Shalom, Seconded by Steven Sharp
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    Motion passes

    Issue : 73 Made by Brad, Seconded by Steven Sharp
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    Motion passes

    Issue : 209 Made by Shalom, Seconded by Karen
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    Motion passes

    Issue : 257 Made by Shalom, Seconded by Steven Sharp
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    Motion passes

    Issue : 217 Made by Shalom, Seconded by
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    After some discussion, and without a second, the motion was withdrawn
    for rewording.

    Issue : 225 Made by Brad, Seconded by Karen
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    Motion passes

    Issue : 258 Made by Brad, Seconded by Shalom
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    Motion passes

    Issue : 261 Made by Steven Sharp, Seconded by Shalom
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    Motion passes

    Issue : 283 Made by Brad, Seconded by Steven Sharp
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    Motion passes

    Issue : 352 Made by Shalom, Seconded by Karen
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    Motion passes

    Issue : 412 Made by Shalom, Seconded by Brad
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    Motion passes

    Issue : 439 Made by Shalom, Seconded by Brad
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    Motion passes

    Issue : 441 Made by Brad, Seconded by Shalom
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    Motion passes

    Issue : 470 Made by Brad, Seconded by Shalom
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    Motion passes

    Issue : 493 Made by Brad, Seconded by Shalom
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    Motion passes

    This completes all current ETF passed issues.

    PLI task force:

    Issue : 184 Made by Stuart, Seconded by Shalom
    Friendly amendment replace the 'the an' with 'the specific'
    Opposed: none
    Abstain: none
    Motion passes

    Meeting Adjourned at 10:36.

    Reminder: PLI task force today at 4:00 pm, email <chas@cadence.com>
    for details.

    Reminder: BTF meeting in five minutes, same number.

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