[sv-cc] SV-CC Meeting minutes for 08/16/2006

Minutes of 08/16/2006 SV-CC Meeting.

ATTENDEES
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x Charles Dawson
x Ralph Duncan
x Jim Vellenga
x Andrzej Litwiniuk
x Abigail Moorhouse
x Michael Rohleder - Munich,
x Chuck Berking
x Bassam Tabbara
x Francoise Martinolle
x Amit Kohli
- Ghassan Khoory
- Steven Dovich
- Stu Sutherland
- Ankur Kuchlous
- Nasim Hussain
- Sachchidananda Patel

1.  Reviewed Patent information.

   - Chas reviewed the patent information.


2.  Reviewed minutes of the 08/02/2006 Meeting.

   - JimV/Abi.  ACCEPTED (unanimous).


3.  Liaisons

   - Francoise reported that the SV-BC  are considering interoperability
     with VHDL, AMS, systemC, ...etc.  Some people think we need to have VPI extended to
     do this.  Not sure what the extent of this would be at this point.  Related to
     synchronization issues.  Several people think we should have a new sub-committee to
     handle these issues.  Brad Pierce will be asking the P1800 committee to form a
     new interoperability committee.
   - Chas reported that the P1800 committee has asked that we reset our eligibility
     requirements, since we have a new PAR.
   - Chas reported that they are taking bids for a new editor.
   - No one reported on other meetings


4.  New business

   - Continue discussion on Item 1385

     Lengthy discussion on compatibility which was lost when my email tool died.

   - Discussed face to face.
     Most people are on East Coast of USA.  Chas thinks we could do this in
     Chelmsford.  Chas to propose some dates in October timeframe.


Abi/Andrzej.  Meeting ended at 1:05pm.

5.  Reviewed of items with proposals.

6.  Reviewed 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.
   - Francoise to send VCD recommendation to SV-BC.
   - Chas to propose dates in October timeframe to be held at Cadence in Chelmsford.

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

   - None.

10. Next meeting
   The next SV-CC meeting will be on 08/30/2006.
   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