[$ieee-1850] IEEE 1850 PSL Working Group Meeting - 27 February 2007 - Minutes

IEEE 1850 PSL Working Group Meeting 
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Location: Teleconference 
Date: 27 February 2007 

Presiding Officer: Harry Foster, Chair 
Secretary: Erich Marschner 

Website: http://www.eda.org/ieee-1850 

Members: 
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  Cadence 		DR: Erich Marschner;  DRA: Steve Ward 
  IBM 			DR: Avigail Orni;     DRAs: Cindy Eisner, Sitvanit Ruah, 
                                                 Dana Fisman 
  Mentor Graphics 	DR: Harry Foster;     DRA: Tej Singh 
  Synopsys 		DR: Surrendra Dudani
  Jasper	 	DR: Johan Mårtenson;  DRA: Johan Alfredsson 
  Intel 		DR: Dmitry Korchemny; DRA: Alexander Levin

* Accellera 		DR: open;             DRA: open
* Sun 			DR: Tom Thatcher 
* Nokia 		DR: open 

* membership lapsed due to missing 2 or more consecutive meetings

Attendees:
  Erich, Harry, Sitvanit, Avigail, Johan, Dmitry P., Surrendra, Dana

Attendance Record: 
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Key: 
v : member (= voting priveleges) during this meeting 
+ : present 
_ : absent 
- : absent (but optional meeting) 

Leftmost char = most recent meeting 
| : approval of IEEE 1850 PSL (22 Sep 05) 
* : official meeting - counts towards membership 
- : unofficial meeting - does not affect membership 

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Members: 
v (+++++++|++++++++++++++++++++) Cadence (DR: Erich Marschner)
v (+++++++|++++++++++++++++++++) IBM (DR: Avigail Orni)
v (+++____|++++_+++++++++++++++) Mentor Graphics (DR: Harry Foster)
v (++++_++|++++++++++++_+_+++++) Synopsys (DR: Surrendra Dudani) 
v (+_+++++|++++++++++++++++++++) Jasper (DR: Johan Mårtenson) 
v (__+++++|+++_++______________) Intel (DR: Dmitry Korchemny)

Lapsed Members:
  (___++++|++++++_++++_+++++_++) Accellera (DR: open) 
  (___+_++|++++++++_++_+_++++++) Sun (DR: Tom Thatcher) 
  (_____++|+++++++++++++_++++__) Nokia (DR: Jari Kalinainen) 

Note: The attendance record has been corrected to show that Harry Foster
has represented Mentor starting with the 24 October 2006 meeting.  Also,
the record now shows attendance of the individuals, as well as the 
attendance of Members (represented by individuals), in order to better
cope with changes in affiliation and representation.

Representatives:
  (+++++++|++++++_++++_+++++_++) Harry Foster (Mentor Graphics)
  (+++++++|++++++++++++++++++++) Erich Marschner (Cadence)
  (+++++++|+++___++__++++++++++) Avigail Orni (IBM) 
  (++++_++|++++++++++++_+_+++++) Surrendra Dudani (Synopsys) 
  (+_+++++|++++++++++++++++++++) Johan Mårtenson (Jasper) 
  (___+_++|++++++++_++_+_++++++) Tom Thatcher (Sun) 

Observers: 
  (+++++++|__________++++_+__++) Sitvanit Ruah (IBM) 
  (++_+_++|____________________) Dmitry Pidan (IBM)
  (_+__+++|___+_+++__________+_) Richard Wallace (Northrop Grumman) 
  (++__+_+|_+_+_______+++__++++) Dana Fisman (IBM/Weizmann Institute) 
  (__+++++|++++++++++++++++++++) Yaron Wolfsthal (IBM)
  (__+++++|_++_++++++____+_+___) Cindy Eisner (IBM) 
  (__+++++|____________________) Dmitry Korchemny (Intel)
  (__++_+_|+++_________________) Sylvain Boucher (Philips) 
  (__+___+|++___________+__+___) Makarand Joshi (Cadence) 

Inactive: 
  (_____++|___++_+_____++_+++++) Joseph Lu (Altera) 
  (_____++|____________________) Elaine Leingang (SanDisk)
  (_____+_|_______+__+__+++_+__) Klaus Winkelmann (OneSpin Solutions) 
  (_____++|+++++++++++++_++++__) Jari Kalinainen (Nokia) 
  (______+|____+++++___++_+____) Andrea Fedeli (ST) 
  (_______|++++_+++++++++++++++) Steve Bailey (Mentor Graphics)
  (_______|+++_++______________) Alex Levin (Intel)
  (_______|++++_+++++_++++++++_) Tej Singh (Mentor) 
  (_______|__++_++____+_++_+++_) Andrew Seawright (Mentor) 
  (_______|__++_+_++_+_++_+++++) Mohamed-Lyes Benalycherif (ST) 
  (_______|__+__+______++__++++) Bassam Tabbara (Novas (now Synopsys)) 
  (_______|__+____________+_+__) Steve Ward (Cadence) 
  (_______|_____+++++++++++_+++) Johan Alfredson (Jasper) 
  (_______|______++____+_++_+__) Adriana Maggiore (OneSpin Solutions) 
  (_______|_________________+__) Limor Fix (Intel) 
  (_______|__________________++) Jin Hou (Synopsys) 
  (_______|__________________++) Peter Flake (Synopsys (now Imperas)) 
  (_______|__________________++) Ben Cohen (consultant) 
  (_______|___________________+) J. Bhasker (eSilicon) 


Agenda: 
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Agenda:
   Call to order
     - Attendance Roll Call
     - Patent Policy 
       (at some point, need to discuss new policy)
     - Approve Agenda
     - Approve Minutes of Last Meeting
   New Business
   Old Business
   Subcommittee Reports
     - Issues Subcommittee
   Next Meeting
   Adjourn
     - Attendance Roll Call

Call to order: 
============== 
The meeting was called to order at 8:07am PST. 

Attendance was recorded via roll call. 

The IEEE patent policy was presented. The working group was advised 
that the IEEE's Patent Policy is consistent with the ANSI patent policy; that 
early disclosure of patents which may be essential for the use of standards 
under development is encouraged; that such disclosures may not be exhaustive; 
and that the IEEE, the working group, and the working group chair cannot ensure 
the accuracy or completeness of any disclosure. An opportunity was provided for 
the working group members to disclose patents that might be essential for use 
of PSL.  No patents were disclosed. 

The IEEE has recently updated its patent policy.  As soon as 

The agenda was approved.  (Motion: Sitvanit; second: Surrendra; no objections)

The minutes of the last meeting (19 Dec) were approved.  
(Motion: Erich, second: Avigail; no objections)

Old Action Items: 
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none

New Action Items: 
================= 
none

New Business: 
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none

Old Business: 
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none

Subcommittee Reports: 
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Issues SC:

In the issues sub-committee we are discussing a new architecture for vunits
in order to have a reusable verification IP. We listed several use models
and now we need to define the restrictions on vunit inheritance, binding, 
and instantiation implied by each use model.

In today's Issues SC meeting, we will also continue the discussion of formal 
semantics for local variables based on the new definition Dana sent.

Next Meeting: 
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The next full working group meeting will occur on Tuesday 27 March 2007, at 8am PDT.  
A meeting of the Issues subcommittee will follow immediately after.

Adjournment:
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Sitvanit motioned for adjournment, seconded by Surrendra.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:12am PDT. 

Roll-call

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