Date: 2011-08-16

Time: 16:00 UTC (9:00 PDT)

Duration: 2 hours

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Meeting ID: 38198

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Agenda:

- Reminder of IEEE patent policy.

See: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt

- Minutes approval

- Email ballot results:

Issue 2328 passed with friendly amendments: 7y/0n/0a Issue 3033 failed: 6y/2n/0a Issue 3295 failed: 7y/1n/0a

- Draft2 review

- New issues

- Champions' feedback

2476 Need clarification about system functions $onehot, etc

3015 Examples of $fatal have bad arguments

3069 Relax rules for $global_clock resolution

3113 Add port_identifier to constant_primary BNF for sequences,

properties and checkers

3385 Possible ambiguity when deferred assertion action block calls

nested function

- Issue resolution/discussion

3233: implicit wire declarations should occur in instantiations of programs/interfaces also

2547: local variable read before write

2578: Vacuity definition

3206: Deferred assertions are sensitive to glitches

3295: need a way to control only asserts/covers/assume directives

2093: Checker construct (0001900) should permit output arguments

- Opens

Attendance Record:

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n = not a valid voter

t = chair eligible to vote only to make or break a tie

Attendance re-initialized on 2010-07-06:

v[x-xxx--xxx---xxxx-xxx-xxx...........................] Ashok Bhatt

(Cadence)

v[xx--xxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxxxxx-x-xxxxx--xxx] Laurence Bisht (Intel)

v[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx-] Eduard Cerny

(Synopsys)

v[-xxxxxxxxxxx--------xx---xxx--x-xxxxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxx] Ben Cohen

(Accellera)

n[---------------------------------xx-x-xxx-x--xxxxxxx] Surrendra Dudani (Synopsys)

n[----x-xxxxxx........................................] Shaun Feng

(Freescale)

n[------x-x--x-x-xxxx-x-x----x-x-x--xx---xxxx---x-xxxx] Dana Fisman

(Synopsys)

n[-------------------------------xxxxx-xxxx-x-xxxxxxxx] John Havlicek

(Freescale)

v[xx---x-xxx-xx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx] Tapan Kapoor

(Cadence)

n[---x-xx-xxxxx-xxxx-x-x..............................] Jacob Katz

(Intel)

t[xxxxxx--xxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx--xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Dmitry Korchemny (Intel ¿ Chair)

v[xxxxxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx--xxxxxx-xxxxxxxx] Scott Little

(Freescale)

v[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxx] Manisha Kulshrestha (Mentor Graphics)

v[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Anupam Prabhakar (Mentor Graphics)

v[xxxxxxxx--xxx-xxxx-xxx-xxx--x-xx-xxx-xx--xxxxxxx-xxx] Erik Seligman

(Intel)

v[xxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-x-xxx-xxxx-xxxx--xxxxxx-xxxxxxx.] Samik Sengupta (Synopsys)

v[xx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxx] Tom Thatcher (Oracle ¿ Co-Chair)

n[----------------xx---xx-------x.....................] Srini Venkataramanan (CVC Pvt Ltd)

n[------x.............................................] Vibarajan Viswanathan (Marvell)

|- attendance on 2011-08-16

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Minutes

- Reminder of IEEE patent policy.

See: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt

Participants were reminded of the IEEE patent policy.

- Minutes approval

Erik: Move to approve minutes

Scott: Second

Vote results: 9y, 0n, 0a

- Email ballot results:

Issue 2328 passed with friendly amendments: 7y/0n/0a Issue 3033 failed: 6y/2n/0a Issue 3295 failed: 7y/1n/0a

2328:

Scott: Have incorporated all friendly amendments.

Have new example which is hopefully clearer.

(Laurence joined)

Dmitry: Will call for an e-mail vote

3033:

What was reason for restriction on modeling code inside a checker that is instantiated in a procedural block?.

Dmitry will remove new restriction from the proposal.

Manisha: Deferred assertions now also referred to as static assertions.

Erik: Not changing any behavior, just using a new term for existing

behavior.

Dmitry: Will update proposal and call for vote.

3295:

Scott: Did notes from Shalom get addressed?

Manisha: In latest version addressed Shalom's comment regarding

list of modules. Other comments did not results in strong

push for a change.

Scott: OK, that satisfies the question.

Erik: Move to approve proposal for 3295

Scott: Second

Vote results: 10y, 0n, 0a

- Draft2 review

- Champions' feedback

2476 Need clarification about system functions $onehot, etc

Erik: Changed phrasing of argument types.

Made other editorial changes requested by champions.

Recommend e-mail vote.

Dmitry: Will call for an e-mail vote.

3015 Examples of $fatal have bad arguments

Dmitry: SV-BC did not agree to all the changes proposed by Shalom.

Current proposal is now only a two line change.

Erik: Move to approve proposal

Scott: Second

Vote results: 10y, 0n, 0a

3069 Relax rules for $global_clock resolution

3385 Possible ambiguity when deferred assertion action block calls

nested function

Erik: Three small text changes were made to implement Champions

friendly amendments: Call for e-mail vote.

Dmitry: Will call for an e-mail vote.

- Issue resolution/discussion

3233: implicit wire declarations should occur in instantiations of

programs/interfaces also

Erik: Why are procedural checker instances excluded?

Manisha: Should all checkers be excluded from this? Checkers work

differently. Checker contents are substitued, there's no port

connection.

Anupam: Let BC clarify why procedural checkers excluded.

2547: local variable read before write

Erik: We had decided not to add default values for local variables.

If we aren't going to make changes, we should close it

Erik: Move to resolve 2547 as no change needed.

Scott: Second

Vote results: 10y,0n, 0a

2578: Vacuity definition

Dmitry: Had been approved by e-mail ballot last week. Dmitry had raised

a question about the vacuity definition. Felt it should be more

consistent with the vacuity definition of property AND and OR.

Tom: We know that implication vacuity is not consistency with property

AND and OR. We just picked a definition that was useful.

The proposal we approved is just as "correct" as Dmitry's proposed

alternative.

Dmitry: We can co with previous proposal, but a change in Annex F is still

needed.

Will make changes and call for e-mail vote.

3206: Deferred assertions are sensitive to glitches

Erik: Getting close to being ready to vote.

Some didn't like terminology "standard and final deferred assertions"

Scott: proposed "observed, and postponed deferred assertions"

Seems like "oberved" & "final"

2093: Checker construct (0001900) should permit output arguments

Dmitry: Procedural assignments to checker output arguments.

Allow initial values.

Dmitry: Untyped arguments: Don't know how to define untyped output

arguments

Dmitry: Continuous assignments to output arguments:

Dmitry: Will create a proposal and upload it for review.

Meeting adjourned