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Introduction:
The ALF standard began as the OVI Power & Synthesis Technical
Steering Committee (PS-TSC) early in 1996, with the charter to define a
standard library data format for synthesis with emphasis on power analysis
and optimization. As the committee grew in membership, with the addition
of experts in other fields, it became clear that such a format could be
easily extended to cover other design tools. Furthermore, the benefit to
both Silicon and EDA vendors of having a single, flexible format that would
fully describe the functional, electrical and physical performance of a
technology library in an accurate and unambiguous fashion was widely recognized.
The ALF 1.0 standard was released by OVI in 1998. The ALF 2.0 standard
was released by OVI's successor organization Accellera in 2000. ALF is
an IEEE project (IEEE P1603) since 2001. ALF has been approved as IEEE
standard in 2003.
Group Objectives:
Define and release a standard specification for modeling next-generation
silicon including timing, power, signal integrity, synthesis, test, and
physical library views. This shall be achieved by:
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Analyzing current library formats for modeling ASIC libraries;
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Defining new formats and syntax using input from ASIC and EDA industry
experts;
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Developing and releasing the resulting ALF specification as an Accellera
standard and subsequently as an IEEE standard;
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Working with industry to implement and utilize the ALF specification.
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