IEEE DASC Steering Committee 20 September 2004 Piscataway, NJ

1. IEEE DASCSteering Committee20 September 2004Piscataway, NJ Peter Ashendenpeter@ashenden.com.au DASC Chair

2. 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 IEEE DASC Steering Committee

3. Call to order welcoming remarks Minutes of meeting 11 June 2004 in San Diego, CA Business arising from the minutes Report of business conducted by email Financial report travel reimbursement Reports from Liaison representatives Project reports Study Group reports WG governance review Proposed amendments to procedures Entity-based projects in DASC Activities and meeting schedule for 2004/05 Other business Adjourn Agenda IEEE DASC Steering Committee

4. Minutes of Meeting on 11 June 2004 2. Minutes on www.dasc.org 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 IEEE DASC Steering Committee

5. 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 IEEE DASC Steering Committee

6. 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 policy IEEE DASC Steering Committee

7. 5. Financial Report for 2003 • Oz Levia (Treasurer) • Financial report IEEE DASC Steering Committee

8. 6. Liaison Representatives • IEEE-CS/SAB: Peter Ashenden • IEC TC93 Design Automation • 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 IEEE DASC Steering Committee

9. 7. Project Reports • 1076: VHDL (Stephen Bailey) • 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 IEEE DASC Steering Committee

10. 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) • PAR valid to 31-Dec-06 IEEE DASC Steering Committee

11. 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) • PAR valid to 31-Dec-07 • P1800: SystemVerilog • PAR valid to 31-Dec-2008 IEEE DASC Steering Committee

12. 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 IEEE DASC Steering Committee

13. 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 IEEE DASC Steering Committee

14. 9. WG Governance Review IEEE DASC Steering Committee

15. 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 • a motion for call for discussion of an issue/proposal • 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 IEEE DASC Steering Committee

16. 11. Entity-Based Projects in DASC • DASC/CAG Joint Sponsor Committee: procedures • Role of DASC in sponsoring individual and entity based projects • Membership provisions and fees • need to be set for 2005, … • individual • entity IEEE DASC Steering Committee

17. 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? IEEE DASC Steering Committee

18. 13. Other Business • … IEEE DASC Steering Committee

19. 14. Adjourn • Meeting minutes to be posted at www.dasc.org IEEE DASC Steering Committee