[$ieee-1850] IEEE 1850 PSL Working Group Meeting - 25 September 2007

IEEE 1850 PSL Working Group Meeting
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Location: Teleconference
Date: 25 September 2007

Presiding Officer: Harry Foster, Chair
Co-Chair:              Avigail Orni

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

Members:
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   Cadence               DR: N.S.Subramanian;  DRA: Steve Ward
   IBM                         DR: Avigail Orni;     DRAs: Cindy  
Eisner, Sitvanit Ruah,
                                                    Dana Fisman,  
Dmitry Pidan
   Mentor Graphics  DR: Harry Foster;     DRA: Tej Singh
   Synopsys              DR: Surrendra Dudani
   Jasper                   DR: Johan Mårtenson;  DRA: open

* Intel                       DR: open;             DRA: open
* Accellera             DR: open;             DRA: open
* Sun                       DR: open
* Nokia                    DR: open

* membership lapsed due to missing 2 or more consecutive meetings

Attendees:
   NSS, Erich, Sitvanit, Cindy, Avigail, Harry, Dmitry, Mohamed-Lyes  
Benalycherif

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

   (***********|*-******************)

Members:
v (+++++++++++|++++++++++++++++++++) Cadence (DR: N.S.Subramanian)
v (+++++++++++|++++++++++++++++++++) IBM (DR: Avigail Orni)
v (_++++++____|++++_+++++++++++++++) Mentor Graphics (DR: Harry Foster)
v (__++++++_++|++++++++++++_+_+++++) Synopsys (DR: Surrendra Dudani)
    (___++_+++++|++++++++++++++++++++) Jasper (DR: Johan Mårtenson)

Pending Members:
   (__+______++|+++++++++++++_++++__) Nokia (DR: Sami Maisnemi)

(Pending members become members upon attending two successive WG  
meetings.)

Lapsed Members:
   (______+++++|+++_++______________) Intel (DR: Dmitry Korchemny)
   (_______++++|++++++_++++_+++++_++) Accellera (DR: open)
   (_______+_++|++++++++_++_+_++++++) Sun (DR: open)

(Lapsed members are those that have missed 2 of the past 3 meetings.)

Following is a record of individual attendance, which is recorded
separately to cope with changes in affiliation and representation,
as well as to recognize the participation of individuals who are
"observers" rather than representatives of corporate members.

Representatives:
   (+++++++++++|++++++_++++_+++++_++) Harry Foster (Mentor Graphics)
   (+__________|____________________) N.S.Subramanian  (Cadence)
   (+++++++++++|+++___++__++++++++++) Avigail Orni (IBM)
   (+_++++++_++|++++++++++++_+_+++++) Surrendra Dudani (Synopsys)
   (__+________|____________________) Sami Maisniemi (Nokia)
   (___++_+++++|++++++++++++++++++++) Johan Mårtenson (Jasper)

Observers:
   (+++++++++++|++++++++++++++++++++) Erich Marschner (Cadence)

   (++_++++++++|__________++++_+__++) Sitvanit Ruah (IBM)

   (_++_++__+_+|_+_+_______+++__++++) Dana Fisman (IBM/Weizmann  
Institute)
   (_+_________|____________________) John Michael Williams ()
   (+__+++_+_++|____________________) Dmitry Pidan (IBM)
   (+__+__+++++|_++_++++++____+_+___) Cindy Eisner (IBM)
   (___+__+___+|++___________+__+___) Makarand Joshi (Cadence)
   (___+_______|____________________) Ramin Hojati (Averant)
   (_____+__+++|___+_+++__________+_) Richard Wallace (Northrop Grumman)

   (+__________|__++_+_++_+_++_+++++) Mohamed-Lyes Benalycherif (ST)

Inactive:
   (______+++++|++++++++++++++++++++) Yaron Wolfsthal (IBM)
   (______+++++|____________________) Dmitry Korchemny (Intel)
   (______++_+_|+++_________________) Sylvain Boucher (Philips)
   (_______+_++|++++++++_++_+_++++++) Tom Thatcher (Sun)
   (_________++|___++_+_____++_+++++) Joseph Lu (Altera)
   (_________++|____________________) Elaine Leingang (SanDisk)
   (_________+_|_______+__+__+++_+__) Klaus Winkelmann (OneSpin  
Solutions)
   (_________++|+++++++++++++_++++__) Jari Kalinainen ((no longer  
with) Nokia)
   (__________+|____+++++___++_+____) Andrea Fedeli (ST)
   (___________|++++_+++++++++++++++) Steve Bailey (Mentor Graphics)
   (___________|+++_++______________) Alex Levin (Intel)
   (___________|++++_+++++_++++++++_) Tej Singh (Mentor)
   (___________|__++_++____+_++_+++_) Andrew Seawright (Mentor)
   (___________|__+__+______++__++++) Bassam Tabbara (Novas (now  
Synopsys))
   (___________|__+____________+_+__) Steve Ward (Cadence)
   (___________|_____+++++++++++_+++) Johan Alfredson ((no longer  
with) Jasper)
   (___________|______++____+_++_+__) Adriana Maggiore (OneSpin  
Solutions)
   (___________|_________________+__) Limor Fix (Intel)
   (___________|__________________++) Jin Hou (Synopsys)
   (___________|__________________++) Peter Flake (Synopsys (now  
Imperas))
   (___________|__________________++) Ben Cohen (consultant)
   (___________|___________________+) J. Bhasker (eSilicon)


Agenda:
     Call to order
       - Attendance Roll Call
       - Review Patent Policy
            http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt
            http://bmsmail3.ieee.org:80/u/6719/01032689
       - Approve Agenda
       - Approve Minutes of Last Meeting
            http://www.eda-stds.org/ieee-1850/hm/0257.html (minutes  
for 5 Aug 07)
     Old Business
     Subcommittee Reports
       - Issues Subcommittee update
            http://www.eda-stds.org/ieee-1850/docs/25-9-07-Issues-SC.pdf
     New Business
       - Erich Marschner has stepped down as Secretary, and therefore we
         need to find a replacement for this position.
       - Welcome N.S. Subramanian, Cadence's new IEEE 1850 DR
       - Open discussion
     Next Meeting
     Adjourn
       - Attendance Roll Call

Call to order:
==============
The meeting was called to order at 9:05am 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 agenda was approved.  (Motion: Avigail; second: Sitvanit; no  
objections)

The minutes of the last meeting (5 Aug) were approved.
(Motion: Sitvanit, second: Avigail; no objections)

Old Action Items:
=================
No change in old action items.

Old Business:
=============
none

Subcommittee Reports:
=====================

Issues Subcommittee update

Sitvanit gave a presentation regarding the topics currently being
discussed in the Issues subcommittee.  These include:

- Proposal for new architecture of vunits
- Discussed proposal for LRM changes written by Erich
- Based on previous discussions
- Summarized in the previous WG meeting

Details can be found at:  http://www.eda-stds.org/ieee-1850/docs/ 
25-9-07-Issues-SC.pdf
New Action Items:
=================
None.

Next Meeting:
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The next Issues SC meeting will be held on 1 Oct at 8am PDT.

The next full working group meeting on 29 Oct at 8am PDT.

Adjournment:
============
Cindy motioned for adjournment, seconded by Erich.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:30am PDT.

Roll-call
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