ALF meeting Jan. 14, 2002 at Philips (Tempe) Attendees --------- Tim Ehrler Philips Jake Karrfalt ASC Greg DuFour Mentor Joe Daniels Accellera Wolfgang Roethig NEC Alex Zamfirescu ASC Tak Young Monterey (by phone) Srinivas Madaboosi Fujitsu (by phone) Kim Nguyen Tera Systems (by phone) Kevin Grotjohn LSI (by phone) Sergei Sokolov Sequence (by phone) General ======= Housekeeping ------------ The agenda and last meeting minutes were approved. Next Meetings ------------- April 16, 2002 - Monterey, Sunnyvale, CA DAC BOF evening meeting - New Orleans, LA (tie together with other library/interoperability groups) July 15, 2002 - Mentor, Wilsonville, OR Sept/Nov/etc. - try to synchronize with the OLA meetings ALF Parser Status ----------------- Alex has updated the parser to now handle real ALF libraries with ease and it generates smaller output files. It also has a GUI. There have been several downloads a day, now approaching 100 total. AI Status ========= Old AIs ------- Email IEEE membership # to Wolfgang - all DONE Contact Design and Test Magazine editors and develop a one-page article - Alex DONE Sequence to comment on the ALF spec relative to their parser - Sergei DELAYED Review VHDL AMS and summarize the proposed semantics for ALF - Alex IN PROGRESS Review Ch 7 - 11 in the work doc - all IN PROGRESS Send parser issue report from ASC to reflector - Alex DONE Contact Paul Menchini to set up space account - Wolfgang IN PROGRESS Develop an ITS (Issue Tracking System) for ALF - Alex IN PROGRESS (Paul Menchini) Review SKEW keyword use - Wolfgang DELAYED AIs from IEEE.1603.draft2 Review -------------------------------- FLUENCE DONE; added to the latest revision of the IEEE document REFERENCE DONE; added to the latest revision of the IEEE document Target annotation for ANNTENNA DONE; added to the latest revision of the IEEE document New AIs ------- Develop DAC BOF Library Standards Forum - Alex & Greg Review chapter 7 - Wolfgang (Request Kim Nguyen review this chapter.) Review sections 9.6 - 9.9 - Tim Baldwin Review section 9.11 - Tim Ehrler and Tak Young Review section 11.8 - 11.12 - Alex Review 11.1 - 11.7 - Someone with software development background (Wolfgang is going to rewrite parts of this as well.) Review chapters 1 - 4 - Jake & Greg Review and close Chapter 13, Amended semantics of connectivity - all (in the next two weeks) Expand Chapter 16, References to model in other format than ALF - Alex Contact Simplex regarding their terminology for rotation (Ch 17) - all Expand Chapter 18, Region statement - Wolfgang and Tak Review 20.4 in the next two weeks - Tak (The group needs to ensure anything they obsolete is not being used.) Spec development ================ IEEE.1603.draft2 Review Status ------------------------------ Wolfgang reported which chapters have been reviewed: chapters 5, 6, 8, parts of 9 (9.1 - 9.5 and 9.10), 10, and parts of 11 (11.12 - 11.14). Chapter 5 has recently been rewritten as well. Review of IEEE.1603.draft3 Chapter 5 ------------------------------------ Alex and Wolfgang walked through the rewrite of chapter 5. Work Doc Review: Open Items --------------------------- Chapter 8 Monitor statement for vector - CLOSED Wolfgang reviewed his proposal as outlined. Wolfgang and Alex discussed their differences in this area. The group reached consensus to accept the proposal as now written (Alex's objections are noted). This issue has now been closed. Chapter 9 Features for creating a standard ALF header file - CLOSED Wolfgang reviewed his proposal as outlined. The group discussed how best to achieve defining and using keywords. Wolfgang and Alex will develop a list of ALF keywords and amend this proposal. Chapter 12 Amended semantics of restrict_class - OPEN Kevin reviewed the history of all attempts ALF has previously made to solve this issue. Wolfgang presented his latest version of the proposal defined by this chapter. The group discussed whether an application or the library should handle this issue, and, if it is the library, whether this should be done through ORing or ANDing the relationship. Kevin requested to include alternative proposals in the work doc for the group to select one. Owners: Tim Ehrler, Kevin Grotjohn, Wolfgang Roethig Chapter 13 Amended semantics of connectivity - OPEN Needs to be reviewed and closed within the next two weeks. Chapter 16 References to model in other format than ALF - OPEN The group discussed what, if anything, should occur. Alex needs to elaborate this further (in writing) in order for this proposal to move forward in any capacity. Chapter 17 Route annotation for pattern - CLOSED Wolfgang reviewed his proposal as outlined. The group reached consensus to accept the proposal as now written Add "acute" and "obtuse" to "horizontal" and "vertical". where horizontal = 0 degree acute = 45 degree vertical = 90 degree obtuse = 135 degree Chapter 18 Region statement - OPEN Wolfgang reviewed the background for this proposal. The group agreed to the concepts behind the proposal. Wolfgang and Tak will elaborate some target uses and the actual syntax in more detail. Chapter 19 Wire instantiation within arith.model - CLOSED Wolfgang reviewed his proposal as outlined. The group agreed to accept the proposal as written. Work Doc Review: New Items -------------------------- Chapter 20 Amendments and simplification for arith. model - OPEN Wolfgang reviewed his proposal as outlined. The group agreed with the proposal in principle. Tak requested more time (2 weeks) to review 20.4. Chapter 21 Amendments for hierarchical antenna support - OPEN Wolfgang reviewed his proposal as outlined. The group agreed with the proposal in principle. Everyone has two weeks to review this further (especially 21.2). Chapter 22 Amendments for distance measurements - OPEN Wolfgang reviewed his proposal as outlined. The group agreed with the proposal in principle. Tim will evaluate whether to define further measuring points (e.g., far edge). The rest of the new items (ch 23 - 30) were not examined at this time. ALF Promotion ============= Wolfgang presented the group with a package of the different types of promotional material the WG can use to further reach others (and promote ALF). He also added the latest version of the Open Letter inviting other colleagues to join the ALF effort. The group then discussed how to distribute/publish the Open Letter.