1. Ashenden Designs IEEE DASC Steering Committee 20 September 2004 Piscataway, NJ Peter Ashenden peter@ashenden.com.au DASC Chair

2. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee2 DASC-SC Voting Members Peter Ashenden (Chair) Victor Berman (Vice-Chair) Stephen Bailey (Secretary, P1076) Oz Levia (Treasurer) Tom Kazmierski (P1076.1) Alan Mantooth (P1076.1.1) J. Bhasker (P1076.6, P1364.1) Johny Srouji (P1364, P1800) Michael McNamara (P1364) John Beatty (P1481) Wolfgang Roethig (P1603) Yaron Kashai (P1647) John Willis (DATC Chair) Voting members: currently 13 quorum: 7

3. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee3 Agenda 1.Call to order welcoming remarks 2.Minutes of meeting 11 June 2004 in San Diego, CA 3.Business arising from the minutes 4.Report of business conducted by email 5.Financial report travel reimbursement 6.Reports from Liaison representatives 7.Project reports 8.Study Group reports 9. WG governance review 10. Proposed amendments to procedures 11. Entity-based projects in DASC 12. Activities and meeting schedule for 2004/05 13. Other business 14. Adjourn

4. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee4 Minutes of Meeting on 11 June 2004 2. Minutes on www.dasc.orgMinutes 3. Business Arising –re 3: Victor: JEITA meeting schedule & liaison requirement –re 12: Peter: Newcomer’s Guide to DASC –re 8: Alex Z: proposal for numerics SG

5. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee5 4. Business Conducted by Email Established DASC/CAG Joint Sponsor C’ttee (see 11) DASC-SC/SA approval of revised P1364 PAR –migration of work to SV-WG DASC-SC approval of P1076 revision PAR DASC-SC approval of SystemC PAR DASC-SC approval of PSL PAR Reminder to WG Chairs re showing patent slides –can link to them in agenda for telecon Review of membership fees (see item 11) Call for interest in EDA standards workshop –Berman, McNamara, Gover, Willis, Barton

6. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee6 4. Business Conducted by Email Question re posting of drafts and code on websites –Brophy & Bailey to liaise with Claudio Stanziola Discussion of relationships between DASC, CAG and Accellera IEEE-CS/SAB revising procedures to remove sponsorship aspects (defer to IEEE-SA procedures) DASC as reference customer for IBM Rational re use of Rose/UML in PLI standards (for two free licenses) Reaffirmation of 1499 (OMI) Withdrawal of 1164 (VHDL Std Logic) CAD Council ad hoc c’ttee formed Question of validity of DASC Patent policyvalidity of DASC Patent policy

7. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee7 5. Financial Report for 2003 Oz Levia (Treasurer) Financial report

8. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee8 6. Liaison Representatives IEEE-CS/SAB: Peter Ashenden IEC TC93 Design AutomationIEC TC93 –TC93 Liaison to DASC: Alex Zamfirescu/Andy Ickowicz –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

9. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee9 7. Project Reports 1076: VHDL (Stephen Bailey)1076 –approved 2002, revision PAR submitted 1076b: VHDL PLI (Stephen Bailey) –PAR valid to 31-Dec-07, to be withdrawn 1076.1: VHDL-AMS (Tom Kazmierski) –approved 1999, needs revision PAR 1076.1.1: VHDL-AMS - Packages for Energy Domains (Alan Mantooth) –PAR valid to 31-Dec-06, recirc ballot pending

10. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee10 7. Project Reports 1076.4: VITAL (Ajay Varikat) –approved 2000, any maintenance required? 1076.6: VHDL RTL Synthesis (J. Bhasker) –approved 2004, in publication edit 1364: Verilog (Michael McNamara/Johny Srouji) –approved 2000, revision PAR valid to 31-Dec-07, assigned to SV-WG 1364.1: Verilog RTL Synthesis (Bhasker) –approved 2002 1481: OLA (John Beatty)1481 –PAR valid to 31-Dec-06

11. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee11 7. Project Reports 1497: SDF (Chair vacant) –approved 2001, stabilize in 2006? 1499: OMF (Chair vacant) –approved 1998, reaffirmation ballot passed 1603: ALF (Wolfgang Roethig) –approved 2003 1647: e Verification Language (Yaron Kashai)1647 –PAR valid to 31-Dec-07 P1800: SystemVerilogP1800 –PAR valid to 31-Dec-2008

12. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee12 8. Study Group Reports VHDL High Frequency (John Willis) –require PAR & report by 11-Dec-2004 P1666: SystemC (Victor Berman) –PAR submitted for NesCom approval P1825: PSL (Harry Foster) –PAR submitted for NesCom approval

13. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee13 9. WG Governance Review Planned process –forward procedures to SAB for approval (done) –review WG membership and need for elections –review WG procedures, revise if necessary –audit WG compliance with procedures

14. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee14 9. WG Governance Review WGRoster rec’dElections req’d Elections heldProcedures reviewed P1076Yes No P1076.1Yes No P1076.1.1NoYesNo P1076.4NoYesNo P1076.6Yes No P1364.1Yes No P1481Yes No P1603Yes In progressNo P1647YesChair onlyYesNo

15. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee15 10. Proposed Amendment to Procedures Proposed by Jim Lewis That the DASC, DASC-SC and Model WG procedures be amended to define the format for 1.a motion for call for discussion of an issue/proposal 2.a motion for call for vote on an issue/proposal –This is particularly relevant to procedures for email discussion –RROO applies to in-person meetings –applicability email discussions ? Ashenden & Lewis to review

16. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee16 11. Entity-Based Projects in DASC DASC/CAG Joint Sponsor Committee: proceduresprocedures Role of DASC in sponsoring individual and entity based projects Membership provisions and fees –need to be set for 2005, … –individual –entity

17. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee17 12. 2004/05 Activities EDA Standards Workshop –“Standards and Applications” –incl. Numerics summit –in collaboration with DATC, TTTC/TTSC, … Publicity –use of IEEE-SA Design Automation ballot pool Meeting schedule –12-Nov-2004, at Mentor Graphics, San Jose, CA –… –Telecons?

18. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee18 13. Other Business …

19. Ashenden Designs 20 Sep 2004IEEE DASC Steering Committee19 14. Adjourn Meeting minutes to be posted at www.dasc.orgwww.dasc.org