1. DASC Meeting January 26, 2012

2. Agenda l Call to order l Roll call l Approval of agenda l Approval of previous minutes meetings l AI review l Dues reminder l WG Updates l P&P update l Report of ad hoc Ballot Interest Category Subcommittee l AOB l Next Meetings– February 29 & April 5 2012 l Second roll call l Adjournment

3. First Report Ad Hoc Subcommittee Ballot Group Balance l Since the various DASC WGs have differing constituencies, the Chair of each WG will need to decide the interest categories for their WG’s Ballot Group l The ad hoc committee will provide example sets of interest categories for both individual and entity-based WGs. l If, during the Ballot Group formation, it is clear that one (or more) of the interest groups will become “oversubscribed”, i.e., contain more that 33% of the Ballot Group members, then this oversubscribed interest group(s) should be subdivided, and potential Ballotters be advised to reselect their interest category. l If the WG chair had difficulty in forming or subdividing their WG’s interest category list, then he/she should consult with the DASC chair for help

4. Example Categories EntityIndividualBoth User – small business (1-2 projects) Conceptualizer (Architect?)Academic/Professor User – large business (3 or more)Tool IntegratorAcademic/Student Commercial Tool DeveloperTool Developer (Programmer)Academic/Researcher Non-commercial Tool DeveloperTool Tester (QA) Academic/Developer Design Services ProviderTool UserGeneral interest Training Services ProviderProject Mgr. (Engineering)Government Market Research ProviderProduct Mgr. (Marketing)Defense/Military IP ProviderManagement/Executive Documentation Services Semiconductor FoundryTool or System PurchaserCompliance Lab Fabless SemiconductorRFP GeneratorIndustry Consortia SemiconductorProposal WriterStandards Organization Research labIndustry Observer

5. What to Do With The EDA Vendors? l In any Ballot Group <=9, they will constitute 33+% l Not easy how to differentiate them l Dennis Brophy suggested using categorization used in Yahoo finance in problematic cases CompanySectorIndustry CadenceTechnologyApplication Software Mentor GraphicsTechnologyTechnical & System Software SynopsysTechnologySemiconductor Equipment & Materials