Ashenden Designs IEEE DASC Steering Committee 19 February 2004 Paris, France Peter Ashenden DASC Chair

Ashenden Designs 2 Dec 2003IEEE DASC Steering Committee2 Agenda 1.Call to order 2.Minutes of previous meeting 3.Business arising from the minutes 4.Report of business conducted by 5.Financial report 6.Reports from Liaison representatives 7.Status reports from Working Groups 8.Status reports from Study Groups 9.DASC governance 10.Activities and meeting schedule for Other business 12.Adjourn

Ashenden Designs 2 Dec 2003IEEE DASC Steering Committee3 Minutes of Meeting on 2 Dec Minutes on 3. Business Arising

Ashenden Designs 2 Dec 2003IEEE DASC Steering Committee4 4. Business Conducted by Election of officers Further discussion of draft procedures docs –“town meeting” by phone on 12-Jan –ballot 13-Jan to 13-Feb Ballot of commenced Mike McNamara offered web-page source for WG sign-up Vote on disbanding 1497 WG – not passed –volunteers for officers sought

Ashenden Designs 2 Dec 2003IEEE DASC Steering Committee5 4. Business Conducted by Update to IEEE Standards Status contact info New PAR forms and procedure –PAR to be submitted by sponsor, not WG Chair (WAVES) administratively withdrawn Requested withdrawal of P1577 (OO-VHDL) –to be decided by Standards Board in March Proposed ProCom changes relating to amendments –multiple amendments up for 3 yrs –if 3 or more by then, standard must be revised SAB meeting schedule –next meeting 26-Feb, Savannah, GA

Ashenden Designs 2 Dec 2003IEEE DASC Steering Committee6 5. Financial Report for 2003 Income derived from membership fees –2003 memberships paid in 2003: 67 –2004 memberships paid in 2003: 105 –total $40 each = $6,880 Expenses: –projector and case:$2, –meetings:$ –travel:$4, –TOTAL:$7, Deficit:$1,099.21

Ashenden Designs 2 Dec 2003IEEE DASC Steering Committee7 6. Liaison Representatives IEC TC93 Design Automation –TC93 Liaison to DASC? –DASC Liaison to TC93: Alex Zamfirescu JEITA, EDA Technical Committee –JEITA Liaison to DASC: Satoshi Kojima –DASC Liaison to JEITA? DATC –DASC Chair ex officio on DATC EXCOM –DATC Chair ex officio on DASC-SC

Ashenden Designs 2 Dec 2003IEEE DASC Steering Committee8 7. Working Group Status Reports 1076: VHDL (Stephen Bailey) –approved 2002, needs revision PAR 1076b: VHDL PLI (Stephen Bailey) –PAR valid to 31-Dec : VHDL-AMS (Tom Kazmierski) –approved 1999, needs revision PAR : VHDL-AMS - Packages for Energy Domains (Alan Mantooth) –PAR valid to 31-Dec-06, ballot in progress

Ashenden Designs 2 Dec 2003IEEE DASC Steering Committee9 7. Working Group Status Reports : VHDL Math Packages (Jose Torres) –approved 1996, reaffirmed : VHDL Synthesis Packages (Alex Zamfirescu) –approved 1997, needs reaffirmation then revision : VITAL (Dennis Brophy) –approved : VHDL RTL Synthesis (J. Bhasker) –approved 1999, revision PAR expires 31-Dec-07, ballot resolution done, recirculation in Feb 1164: VHDL Std_Logic (Peter Ashenden) –approved 1993, revision PAR expires 31-Dec-04

Ashenden Designs 2 Dec 2003IEEE DASC Steering Committee10 7. Working Group Status Reports 1364: Verilog (Michael McNamara) –approved 2000, revision PAR valid to 31-Dec : Verilog RTL Synthesis (Bhasker) –approved 2002 –WG getting ready to look at new features being added to Intention is for WG to work in sync with 1364 and look at synthesizability aspects of new features being added to : OLA (Harry Beatty) –PAR valid to 31-Dec-06

Ashenden Designs 2 Dec 2003IEEE DASC Steering Committee11 7. Working Group Status Reports 1497: SDF (Chair vacant) –approved : OMF (Chair vacant) –approved 1998, reaffirmation in progress 1603ALF (Wolfgang Roethig) –approved VHDL Library IEEE (Peter Ashenden) –PAR valid to 31-Dec e Verification Language (Yaron Kashai) –PAR valid to 31-Dec-07

Ashenden Designs 2 Dec 2003IEEE DASC Steering Committee12 8. Study Group Status Reports VHDL High Frequency (John Willis) SystemC (Victor Berman)

Ashenden Designs 2 Dec 2003IEEE DASC Steering Committee13 9. DASC Governance Discussion via and at “town meeting” –question of whether IEEE membership should be required for WG and DASC members Ballot by 13-Jan to 13-Feb DASC to adopt revised procedures: –79/128 (62%) return, 9 Abstain –94% of votes Affirmative (>75% required) –52% of members voted Affirmative (>50% required) DASC-SC to use DASC-SC procedures: –79/128 (62%) return, 10 Abstain –96% of votes Affirmative –52% of members voted Affirmative (>50% required)

Ashenden Designs 2 Dec 2003IEEE DASC Steering Committee14 9. DASC Governance DASC-SC vote on adopting DASC-SC procedures: –12/17 (71%) return, 0 Abstain –100% of votes Affirmative (>2/3 required) –71% of members voted Affirmative (>50% required) Planned process –forward procedures to SAB for approval –review WG membership and need for elections –review WG procedures, revise if necessary –audit WG compliance with procedures –goal date: 31-Mar

Ashenden Designs 2 Dec 2003IEEE DASC Steering Committee Activities Meeting schedule Attracting Users to DASC and WGs –EDA Standards Workshop –publicity Working with other standards development organizations

Ashenden Designs 2 Dec 2003IEEE DASC Steering Committee Other Business …

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