Email: sa-ballot@ieee.org
Phone: (732) 562-3834/6532
Fax: (732) 562-1571/1432
This message will be repeated on 8/6 with the exact deadline to register to
ballot on the standard. Our plan is to ballot late August, early September.
The website for the VITAL standard will be updated soon with new
information, including a link to a PDF copy of the standard:
The IEEE VITAL Technical Action Group under the IEEE 1076.4 Timing Working
Group is in its final phase of drafting a new revision to this standard -
VITAL'99. Major highlights include:
o Standardized ASIC memory models
o Support of IEEE VHDL93 and SDF 1497 standards
o Multi-source interconnect timing simulation
o Negative timing constraint modeling for vector signals
o SKEW timing checks
o Improvements to setup/hold timing checks
o Improvements to glitch handling
These new features will improve the functional, timing accuracy
significantly and aid performance of gate level VHDL simulations. Several
usability issues which have been raised with the 1995 standard have been
addressed. The VITAL TAG is currently in the process of drafting the LRM
changes for these enhancements and completing the necessary code development
to the VITAL packages.
A summer workshop on VITAL 99 is planned for the San Jose, CA area on
Thursday August 26, 1999. Details will be announced August 6th. This
workshop will be repeated in Japan and Europe. Dates for the Japan and
European venues will be announced late August, early September.
If you have any questions regarding VITAL'99 today, do not hesitate to
contact the VITAL TAG at vital-tag@eda.org.
Best regards,
Dennis
Chair, IEEE 1076.4 VITAL TAG
-- Dennis Brophy Email: dennisb@model.com Director of Strategic Business Development Phone: +1 (503) 526-1694 Model Technology Inc. Fax: +1 (503) 526-5473 10450 SW Nimbus Ave, Suite R Mobile: +1 (503) 706-8987 Portland, OR 97223-4347 Home Fax: +1 (503) 579-2664