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---+!! P1076 September 25, 2014 Meeting Minutes
---++!! Attendees:
   * Main.CliffordWalinsky * Main.MartinThompson * Main.JimLewis * Main.PeterFlake
---++!! Agenda:

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---++ Action Item Review

<strong>Meeting Discussion<br /></strong>
   * Cliff: Done [[GarbageCollection][Garbage Collection]]
   * Peter: Subtypes and Functions - add issues from previous meeting to proposals- in progress
   * Jim: Package based implementation of mod (record with modulus and integer value) - in progress
   * Martin: Integers and Logic Operators - in progress
   * Jim: Add warning to ?? on meta value
   * Trace back information from warning in package (such as numeric_std) to line number in entity that caused it.
   * Jim: Prepare ranking sheet
   * Integers: Arbitrary vs. Fixed Size? 
      * A BigNum library type based on integer_vector (or other array type) cannot be used in for loops or indcies of arrays, where as a built in type potentially could.
      * Addressing a large RAM in a simulation.
      * What type of uses are BigNums used for: Are indexing and looping important?
      * How do you express a literal for a BigNum? As a string value or as an Universal Integer?
      * Python integer type is BigNum and uses regular integer values
      * Java has a BigNum package and uses string values or arrays of bytes
      * see: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrary-precision_arithmetic][Wikipedia Arbitrary Precision Arithmetic]]

*Topics for Future Meetings*
   * 
   * Need more reviewers of matrix math package
   * Ryan: Arbitrary width real: see [[2012_MeetingNovember8][Nov 8 2012 meeting]]
   * Open - Multi dimensional Array restructuring: Array &lt;--&gt; Matrix Transformations [[2012_MeetingJuly19]] [[MeetingDecember15]] 
      * Matlab has built-in reshape functions
      * In VHDL - explicit vs implicit defined operator
      * David Bishop: Requiring an implicit operator could delay implementations
      * Can this be handled by anonymous types on interfaces or generics on a package?
      * Language facility for creating implicit operators?
   * Ryan - Slicing Multidimensional Arrays (FT15) maybe related to above [[2012_MeetingMay24]]
   * Jim - Mark bugzillas for which we have a proposal with that status
   * Jim - Table driven modeling via protected types [[2012_MeetingMay10]]
   * Open - technical leader for 1076.6 activities? 
      * std_logic_1164 uses 1076.6 attribute "RTL_SYNTHESIS_OFF" and "RTL_SYNTHESIS_ON"
---++ Ranking Criteria
   * Rank based on need 
      * Item needs to be fixed
      * Useful for an application
   * Rank based on complexity 
      * How hard to implement
   * Noted several items in Collected Requirements as Must Do
   * AI: Jim: Create ranking sheet.
---++ Review and Approve Meeting Minutes:
   * Motion: Martin 2nd:Cliff
---++ Next Meeting: Thursday [[2014_MeetingOctober2][October 2, 2014]] 8 am Pacific
---+++ Previous Meeting: Thursday [[2014_MeetingSeptember 11][September 11, 2014]]
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