[sv-cc] SV-CC Meeting minutes for 06/21/2006

Hi All,

As you may recall, my mail tool died in the midst of our meeting.  By the time I
got back to composing these minutes, I'd pretty much forgotten what had happened.
Needless to say, these won't be the best minutes I've ever written, so please
look them over carefully.  Thanks.

   -Chas


Minutes of 06/21/2006 SV-CC Meeting.

ATTENDEES
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Charles Dawson
xx-x-xxxxxxx-xxx Ankur Kuchlous
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ralph Duncan
xx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx Jim Vellenga
xxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx Steven Dovich
xxx-xx-xxxxxx-xx Andrzej Litwiniuk
-xxxxxxxxxxxx-xx Abigail Moorhouse
x-xxxxxxxxx-xxxx Michael Rohleder
xxxxxxxxxxxx---- Ghassan Khoory
x-xxxxxx-------- Chuck Berking
-xxxxxxx-------- Bassam Tabbara
xxxxxxx--xxx---x Francoise Martinolle
--xxx----------- Amit Kohli
--------------x- Nasim Hussain
---------------x Sachchidananda Patel
-x--x--x-------- Stu Sutherland


1.  Reviewed Patent information.

   - Chas reviewed the patent information.


2.  Reviewed minutes of the 06/07/2006 Meeting.

   - Ralph/JimV.  ACCEPTED (unanimous)


3.  Liaisons

   - Chas to report on P1800 meeting
     Chas reported that:
       The PAR is essentially ready.
          - Michael requested a copy.  Chas to send.
       The P1800 committee has determined how it will get the needed funding.
       The P1800 committee is seeking bids for editing the next draft.

   - Francoise to report on PASSED SV-BC items
     Francoise sent email about an SV-BC issue earlier in the week.
     Some interest in getting rid of VCD format in favor of the DB read API.
     Francoise pointed out to them that we have an interest in this debate.
     Francoise's message was not received.  Francoise will look into this and/or
     resend.  Chas pointed out that we have a number of outstanding mantis items
     on Database Read API.  JimV pointed out that VCD would have trouble
     with dynamic objects.  Francoise thinks it should at least support static
     objects.

   - No one reported on other meetings


4.  New business

   - Michael commented that he cannot access the eda-stds.org site.

   - No other issues.

5.  Reviewed of items with proposals.

   - Item 1488 Address user uncertainty on DPI context behavior
     ?/?   PASSED (unanimous)

   - Item 1482 State how tag values are obtained in DPI packed union arguments
     ?/?   PASSED (unanimous)

   - Item 0964 27.31 Assertion -- vpiAssertType should be vpiType
     Friendly amendment to remove the property entirely.  After discussion we
     decided to postpone the vote since the sponsor was not at the meeting.

Motion to adjourn.  12:52pm.  Steve/JimV.  PASSED (unanimous)

6.  Review SV-CC items with proposals (Straw poll only):

7.  Old Business

8.  Action items

   - JimV to look into other things which can have size changes as discussed in 0985.
   - Chas to send everyone the frame docs for the diagrams.
   - Chuck to write a document that describes the possible solutions for the
     compatibility issues, and they're pros and cons.
   - Francoise and Bassam to continue work on assignment patterns.
   - Chas to send Michael a copy of the PAR proposal.

9.  Items for consideration at the next meeting (they already have proposals):

   - Item 0964 27.31 Assertion -- vpiAssertType should be vpiType

10. Next meeting
   The next SV-CC meeting will be on 07/19/2006.
   The next P1800 meeting will be on ?/?/2006.

--
Charles Dawson
Senior Engineering Manager
NC-Verilog Team
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
270 Billerica Road
Chelmsford, MA  01824
(978) 262 - 6273
chas@cadence.com