Unapproved Minutes
IEEE P1685 Working Group Meeting
May 31, 2006
ARM,Ltd.
Cambridge, UK
1) Introductions & Affiliations: Victor Berman chaired the meeting and called to order
at 8:07am. He asked everyone to introduce themselves.
Key:
DR= Designated Representative
DRA= Designated Representative Alternate
O=Observer
S=Staff
IEEESA
Member
Representative
Name
Anthony Berent
Chris Lennard
Sheldon Woodhouse
Representative
Designation
DR
DRA
Bluespec
Rishyur Nikhil
DR
Yes
Yes
X
X
X
X
X
Cadence
Denali
Freescale
LSI Logic
Yes
Yes
?
Yes
Yes
Mentor Graphics
Acting Chair
DR
DR
DR
DRA
DRA
DR
Yes
X
Victor Berman
Alex Zamfirescu
Kathy Werner
Gary Lippert
Gary Delp
Robert Bethge
John Wilson
Yes
Yes
X
X
X
Philips
Bill Chown
Greg Ehmann
Ralph von Vignau
Mauritzio Vitale
Kamil Synek
Serge Hustin
Mark Noll
John Swanson
DRA
DR
DRA
DRA
DR
DR
DR
DRA
Yes
Yes
No
?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Present
X
X
X
Entity Name
ARM
X
Sonics
ST
Synopsys
X
The SPIRIT
Consortium
Lynn Horobin
Voting
Member
Yes
Acting Secy.
2) Agenda & Minutes: The agenda for the meeting was approved. The minutes from the
May 11 meeting were reviewed. The following updates/corrections to minutes were
noted: Greg Erhman said Philips is a Corp SA member. Gary Lippert is DR for LSI
Logic. The minutes were approved as amended.
3) Call for Patents: Victor read the patent-disclosure policy.
4) Review of proposed Policies & Procedures.
Victor called for comments, objections, etc relative to the operating guidelines for the
WG.
Alex Zamfirescu addressed use of papers for publicity and the need for WG approval of
such papers. Victor thought this issue was addressed in the section about
communications, but clarified language could be added later if Alex wanted to propose it.
Part 7 dealing with membership and voting rights needs to be clarified that members must
be an IEEE-SA member and must pay the designated fees. Victor suggested a due date be
established with two months grace period to pay dues.
Motion: Approved Policies & Procedures as proposed with the clarification that
the dues will be revisited in six months.
Proposed: Gary Lippert,
Seconded: Anthony Berent.
Motion approved.
Summary of changes involving the dues structure that was agreed to:
- The proposed dues structure is adopted for the first year of 1685 operation
That is:
Greater than $1b revenue = $10k
Gerater than $1m revenue = $5k
Lesss than $1m revenue = $1k
- Any new members joining the WG will owe the full year’s dues
- After six months the WG will examine its budget and projections for
future expenditures and make recommendations for next year’s dues
- A budget tracking/reporting system will be put in place (Victor/Lynn)
Costs that need to managed include initially:
- IEEE service contract
- technical editing
And subsequently:
- maintenance of standard
- providing standard and schema access “free” for users
5) Review of Proposed PAR
The revisions to the PAR were reviewed and some minor typos were corrected.
The purpose was discussed and edited.
Motion: Approve Section 5.4 Purpose of Proposed Standard as amended.
Proposed: Anthony Berent
Seconded: John Wilson
Motion approved
Motion: Approve the PAR as amended at this meeting.
Proposed: Anthony Berent
Seconded: Mark Noll
Motion approved
Revised approved Scope:
5.2 Scope of Proposed Standard: This standard describes an XML Schema for metadata documenting Intellectual Property (IP) used in the development, implementation
and verification of electronic systems and an Application Programming Interface
(API) to provide tool access to the meta-data. This schema provides a standard
method to document IP that is compatible with automated integration techniques. The
API provides a standard method for linking tools into a System Development
framework, enabling a more flexible, optimized development environment. Tools
compliant with this standard will be able to interpret, configure, integrate and
manipulate IP blocks that comply with the proposed IP meta-data description. The
proposed standard is based on version 1.4 IP-XACT of The SPIRIT Consortium.
The standard is independent of any specific design processes. It does not cover those
behavioral characteristics of the IP that are not relevant to integration.
Revised approved Purpose:
The purpose of the proposed standard is to enable the creation and exchange of IP in a
highly automated design environment.
Victor will make the corrections and updates as written today and submit them.
6) New business – None at this time
7) Next meeting: Will be held at DAC in San Francisco
8) Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 9:23am by unanimous consent.