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IEEE DASCSteering Committee

19 February 2004Paris, France

Peter Ashendenpeter@ashenden.com.au

DASC Chair

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Agenda

1. Call to order2. Minutes of previous meeting3. Business arising from the minutes4. Report of business conducted by email5. Financial report6. Reports from Liaison representatives7. Status reports from Working Groups8. Status reports from Study Groups9. DASC governance10.Activities and meeting schedule for 200411.Other business12.Adjourn

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Minutes of Meeting on 2 Dec 2003

2. Minutes on www.dasc.org3. Business Arising

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4. Business Conducted by Email

• Election of officers• Further discussion of draft procedures docs

– “town meeting” by phone on 12-Jan– ballot 13-Jan to 13-Feb

• Ballot of 1076.1.1 commenced• Mike McNamara offered web-page source for

WG sign-up• Vote on disbanding 1497 WG – not passed

– volunteers for officers sought

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4. Business Conducted by Email

• Update to IEEE Standards Status contact info• New PAR forms and procedure

– PAR to be submitted by sponsor, not WG Chair• 1029.1-1998 (WAVES) administratively withdrawn• Requested withdrawal of P1577 (OO-VHDL)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

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5. Financial Report for 2003

• Income derived from membership fees– 2003 memberships paid in 2003: 67– 2004 memberships paid in 2003: 105– total 172 @ $40 each = $6,880

• Expenses:– projector and case: $2,563.00– meetings: $734.01– travel: $4,682.20– TOTAL: $7,979.21

• Deficit: $1,099.21

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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

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7. Working Group Status Reports

• 1076: VHDL (Stephen Bailey)– approved 2002, needs revision PAR

• 1076b: VHDL PLI (Stephen Bailey)– PAR valid to 31-Dec-07

• 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, ballot in progress

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7. Working Group Status Reports

• 1076.2: VHDL Math Packages (Jose Torres)– approved 1996, reaffirmed 2002

• 1076.3: VHDL Synthesis Packages (Alex Zamfirescu)– approved 1997, needs reaffirmation then revision

• 1076.4: VITAL (Dennis Brophy)– approved 2000

• 1076.6: 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

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7. Working Group Status Reports

• 1364: Verilog (Michael McNamara)– approved 2000, revision PAR valid to 31-

Dec-07• 1364.1: Verilog RTL Synthesis (Bhasker)

– approved 2002– WG getting ready to look at new features

being added to 1364. Intention is for 1364.1 WG to work in sync with 1364 and look at synthesizability aspects of new features being added to 1364-2005.

• 1481: OLA (Harry Beatty)– PAR valid to 31-Dec-06

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7. Working Group Status Reports

• 1497: SDF (Chair vacant)– approved 2001

• 1499: OMF (Chair vacant)– approved 1998, reaffirmation in progress

• 1603 ALF (Wolfgang Roethig)– approved 2003

• 1604 VHDL Library IEEE (Peter Ashenden)– PAR valid to 31-Dec-05

• 1647 e Verification Language (Yaron Kashai)– PAR valid to 31-Dec-07

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8. Study Group Status Reports

• VHDL High Frequency (John Willis)• SystemC (Victor Berman)

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9. DASC Governance• Discussion via email and at “town meeting”

– question of whether IEEE membership should be required for WG and DASC members

• Ballot by email 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)

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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

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10. 2004 Activities

• Meeting schedule• Attracting Users to DASC and WGs

– EDA Standards Workshop– publicity

• Working with other standards development organizations

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11. Other Business

• …

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12. Adjourn

• Meeting minutes to be posted at www.dasc.org