1. DASC Steering Committee 10 March 2004 Peter Ashenden peter@ashenden.com.au DASC Chair Victor Berman vberman@cadence.com DASC Vice Chair

2. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 2 DASC-SC Voting Members Peter Ashenden (Chair) Victor Berman (Vice-Chair, P1666) Stephen Bailey (Secretary, P1076) Oz Levia (Treasurer) Alain Vachoux (P1076.1 – to be confirmed) Alan Mantooth (P1076.1.1) Ajay Varikat (P1076.4) J. Bhasker (P1076.6, P1364.1) Johny Srouji (P1364, P1800) John Beatty (P1481) Wolfgang Roethig (P1603) Yaron Kashai (P1647) Harry Foster (P1850) David Barton (DATC Chair) Voting members: currently 14 quorum: 7

3. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 3 Agenda 1.Call to order 2.Minutes of meeting, 12 Nov 2004, San Jose 3.Business arising from the minutes 4.Report of business conducted by email 5.Financial report 6.Reports from Liaison Representatives 7.Project reports 8.Study Group reports 9.WG governance review 10.Review of Patent Policy 11.IEEE Policy on IP from standards 12.Activities and meeting schedule for 2005 13.Other business 14.Adjourn

4. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 4 Minutes, 20 Sep 2004 Meeting 2. Minutes on www.dasc.orgMinutes 3. Business Arising IEC dual-logo standards maintenance (Roethig/Zamfirescu) Ashenden: Newcomer’s Guide to DASC

5. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 5 4. Business Conducted by Email IEEE-SA: 1499 reaffirmed P1666 approved 1076.1 extended, revision PAR req’d 1076.3 extended pending 1076 revision 2005 edition of Style Manual published 2005 versions of SA Bylaws and Ops Manual New Patent LoA Form VuSpec CD of DASC standards in production MyBallot system deployed Discussion with J. Walker re funding Discussion with staff re revision of standards with Accellera

6. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 6 4. Business Conducted by Email IEEE-CS/SAB: Kathy Land now IEEE-CS VP Standards New SAB P&Ps approved Note that organizations must not claim conformance to draft standards Request for input on membership issues

7. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 7 4. Business Conducted by Email DASC: Membership fee review Discussion with Accellera re MoU on standards development and maintenance Clarification of 1076.3 status Approval of P1364 ballot group DASC/CAG Approval of P1850 P&Ps Approval of P1800 ballot group

8. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 8 5. Financial Report Oz Levia (Treasurer) Financial report

9. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 9 6. Liaison Representatives IEEE-CS/SAB: Peter Ashenden IEEE-CS/SAB IEC TC93 Design Automation TC93 Liaison to DASC: Alex Zamfirescu/Andy Ickowicz DASC Liaison to TC93: Alex Zamfirescu Maintenance of IEEE-IEC dual logo standards JEITA, EDA Technical Committee JEITA Liaison to DASC: Satoshi Kojima DASC Liaison to JEITA: Victor Berman DATC DASC Chair ex officio on DATC EXCOM DATC Chair ex officio on DASC-SC CAD TC: Ron Waxman

10. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 10 7. Project Reports 1076: VHDL (Stephen Bailey) 1076 1076.1: VHDL-AMS (Alain Vachoux) 1076.1 Revision PAR to be approved Revision PAR 1076.1.1: VHDL-AMS - Packages for Energy Domains (Alan Mantooth) 1076.1.1 1076.4: VITAL (Ajay Varikat) needs corrigendum 1076.6: VHDL RTL Synthesis (J. Bhasker) no activity 1364/1800: Verilog/SystemVerilog (Johny Srouji) 1364/1800

11. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 11 7. Project Reports 1364.1: Verilog RTL Synthesis (Bhasker) no activity 1481: OLA (John Beatty) 1481 1497: SDF (Chair vacant, no activity) 1499: OMF (Chair vacant, no activity) 1603: ALF (Wolfgang Roethig) 1647: e Verification Language (Yaron Kashai) 1647 1666: SystemC (Victor Berman) 1850: PSL (Harry Foster) 1850

12. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 12 8. Study Group Reports VHDL High Frequency (John Willis) lapsed – no PAR or report produced

13. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 13 9. WG Governance Review WGRoster rec’d Elections req’d Elections held Procedures reviewed P1076Yes In progress P1076.1Yes No P1076.1.1NoYesNo P1076.6Yes No P1364/P1800Yes P1364.1Yes No P1481Yes No P1603Yes No P1647YesChair onlyYesIn progress

14. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 14 10. DASC Patent Policy Changes to DASC P&Ps needed to capture intent of not incorporating material for which patent holder reserves right to enforce Action: Bailey & Berman to propose changes

15. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 15 11. Dissemination of stds IP Code from standards header files, package interfaces code bodies Drafts of standards in progress open for review vs. protected Stanziola (IEEE-SA) to provide draft guidelines for comment Also an issue for other SAB sponsors

16. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 16 12. 2005 Activities EDA Standards Workshop (Berman) “Standards and Applications” incl. Numerics summit in collaboration with DATC, TTTC/TTSC, … DASC-SC meeting schedule June, Anaheim, CA September, Piscataway, NJ 2006: … DASC Plenary at DAC?

17. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 17 13. Other Business EDA Glossary Being developed by editors at Synopsys, Cadence and Mentor Proposed IEEE standard IEEE Std. 100, The Authoritative Dictionary of IEEE Standards Terms WG ballot/comment process VHPI team offers their tools Can DASC support a common process? DASC-SC vitality Consider composition – elected members?

18. IEEE DASC Steering Committee - 10 March 2005 18 14. Adjourn Meeting minutes to be posted at www.dasc.org www.dasc.org