(last updated on October 4, 2004 - Johny Srouji)      
       
  IEEE P1800 SystemVerilog WG Action Items - October'2004    
  Captured in the meeting of September 14, 2004    
  Submit a signed IEEE LOA or a reason explaining why the IEEE LOA cannot be signed by 1 October 2004 All IEEE 1800 Members 14-Sep-04 1-Oct-04 Open PENDING  
  Work with PatCom to revise their LOA form to permit it to comply with clause 6. a. Victor to seek clarification on the need to read the IEEE Patent Slide information for clause 6 b when it does not apply in this case. Victor will report back within two days after the next PatCom meeting on the status of this Victor Berman, Ed Rashba 14-Sep-04 1-Oct-04 Victopr contacted David Ringle from Patcom. No resolution yet. Letter attached. PENDING  
  Work with Accellera to collect the project dues. Tell Accellera exactly how much to invoice by 1 October 2004. Oz Levia, Victor Berman 14-Sep-04 1-Oct-04 Open. A letter was sent by Oz on this topic.  PENDING  
  Check with Intel legal on signing IEEE contract on behalf of P1800 by 1 October 2004. Johny Srouji 14-Sep-04 1-Oct-04 This was checked PENDING  
  Work with IEEE to close on contract and present it to Accellera for signing by 1 October 2004. Oz Levia, Victor Berman 14-Sep-04 1-Oct-04 Dennis, WG secretary, signed the contract w/ IEEE funding services PENDING  
  Report to the SV WG on the Data Types project in 1364 and look at what changes are required in the language to allow future support of dynamic and static types and types on wires. He will also report on the main differences between Verilog and SV data types. Victor Berman 14-Sep-04 11-Oct-04 Victor has called for the task force meeting. This update is part of our Oct'11 WG F2F meeting PENDING  
         
  Captured in the meeting of August 9, 2004    
  Follow-up on Synopsys revised letter of assurance regarding compliance w/ IEEE patents policy Johny Srouji 9-Aug-04 14-Sep-04 Chair received a new letter of Assurance from Synopsys following PatCom template PENDING  
  Contact PatCom for advice and review of this issue and seek a format of an assurance letter that we should use Johny Srouji 9-Aug-04 14-Sep-04 Chair contacted PatCom and receieved proper forms PENDING  
  Issue Letters of Assurance in keeping with prescribe patent policy at next All IEEE 1800 Members 9-Aug-04 14-Sep-04 Open PENDING  
  Determine how we keep IEEE-SA confidential information for the record Dennis Brophy 9-Aug-04 14-Sep-04 Open PENDING  
  From sv-ec: Johnny - needs to clarify that clause a. of the IEEE patent policy applies to the work of P1800 Johny Srouji 1-Sep-04 14-Sep-04 Open PENDING  
  Work with IEEE-SA to include information in the agreement that allows us to track time/cost usage and reports on a monthly basis Oz Levia, Victor Berman 9-Aug-04 14-Sep-04 Done (message attached) PENDING  
  Request $60K to cover partial cost of IEEE Funded Services program and have Accellera act as administrator for the collection of all other fees Vassilios Gerousis] 9-Aug-04 14-Sep-04 Vassilios presented the project requirements to the Accellera board and the request as sponsor of SystemVerilog to cover about 50% of the project costs was placed in front of the Accellera board.  This $60K request was approved.   PENDING  
  Define the process to get errata moved, addressed and approved by the SV WG. A method for those who do not have access to the database needs to also be put into place. Karen Pieper 9-Aug-04 14-Sep-04 Open PENDING  
  Errata to be considered for inclusion in the standard must be submitted to the SVDB (http://www.eda-twiki.org/svdb/) by 1 September 2004 All IEEE 1800 Members 9-Aug-04 14-Sep-04 Open PENDING  
  To produce a cataloged and prioritized list of errata and report this to the SV WG at it next meeting Karen Pieper 9-Aug-04 14-Sep-04 Open PENDING  
  Identify people that could perform the role of the LRM Manager and DB tracker. Those people will be contacted to see if they would accept the role Johny Srouji 9-Aug-04 14-Sep-04 Pending discussion on P1800 structure and operation on 11/10/04 F2F meeting PENDING  
  Identify a small ad-hoc group that would report back to the SV WG on the future alignment of 1364 with SystemVerilog. Victor will lead and Cliff, Alec and Karen along with the BTF and PTF chair and co-chairs will participate to create the report. The report will be presented to the SV WG at the October meeting. Data types issues should be filed to ensure they are addressed Johny Srouji 9-Aug-04 14-Sep-04 Done  PENDING  
       
       
  Captured in the meeting of July 1, 2004    
  Action Item Owner Capture Date Due Date Status Update  
  If anyone knows of a patent that may be germane to the project, please inform the Chair All IEEE 1800 Members 1-Jul-04 6-Aug-04 No patent germane to the project was submitted CLOSED  
  Review Synopsys patent information given to the chair from Victor Berman (Cadence DR) Johny Srouji 1-Jul-04 9-Aug-04 Chair received a letter form Assurance from Synopsys DR, Oz Levia (message) CLOSED[1]  
  Follow-up on Synopsys letter of assurance regarding compliance w/ IEEE patents policy Johny Srouji 26-Jul-04 9-Aug-04 in progress (message) CLOSED  
  Determine how a tie is broken Steve Mills 1-Jul-04 9-Aug-04 Done (message) CLOSED  
  Make these changes to the P&Ps and get ratification of the P&Ps from the sponsors Johny Srouji 1-Jul-04 9-Aug-04 Done (revised P&P was approved and sent to p1800 reflector) CLOSED  
  Attach a copy of the Accellera Assignment Letter to the minutes Dennis Brophy 1-Jul-04 6-Jul-04 Done CLOSED  
  Include a copy of the unapproved CAG meeting motion Dennis Brophy 1-Jul-04 6-Aug-04 Done - Sent to Johny on 8/8/04 (message). CLOSED  
  Dennis to work with Steve on access to the unapproved SAB meeting minutes so they can become a part of this report Dennis Brophy 1-Jul-04 9-Aug-04 Done.  Draft 01 is posted at p1800 website. CLOSED  
  Dennis to contact Accellera to have them tender the SystemVerilog 3.1a specification in approved and mandated IEEE format Dennis Brophy 1-Jul-04 9-Aug-04 Done CLOSED  
  Dennis to get next WG meeting logistics (of 8/9/04) details from Oz (Synopsys DR) Dennis Brophy 1-Jul-04 9-Jul-04 Done CLOSED  
  Dennis to get next WG meeting logistics (of 9/13/04) details from Wolfgang (Infineon DR) Dennis Brophy 1-Jul-04 9-Aug-04 Email request sent to Wolfgang on 8/8. CLOSED  
  Dennis to get next WG meeting logistics (of 10/11/04) details from Victor (Cadence DR) Dennis Brophy 1-Jul-04 9-Aug-04 Email request sent to Victor on 8/8. CLOSED  
  Dennis to contact JEITA SV-TC Chair, Hamaguchi-san to see if they can support a SystemVerilog Working Group meeting in Japan. Dennis Brophy 1-Jul-04 TBD Email request sent to Hamaguchi-san on 8/8. Message reply attached. January 26, 2005 was proposed. PENDING  
  Johny to send Dennis the proposed contract from Edward to be entered as part of the working group’s record Johny Srouji 1-Jul-04 6-Jul-04 Done CLOSED  
  Go to Accellera and present the funding proposals from the IEEE for P1800 and the desire to have Accellera be the funding agent Johny Srouji / Vassilios Gerousis 1-Jul-04 14-Sep-04 Vassilios presented the project requirements to the Accellera board and the request as sponsor of SystemVerilog to cover about 50% of the project costs was placed in front of the Accellera board.  This $60K request was approved.   CLOSED  
  Get errata entered into SystemVerilog webpage located on eda.org by 15 July 2004 to help determine the funding needs All IEEE 1800 Members 1-Jul-04 15-Jul-04 Done CLOSED  
  Initiate election of Errata Technical Sub-Working Group Chair Johny Srouji 1-Jul-04 10-Jul-04 Done CLOSED  
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

[1]
johnys:
Victor indicates this does not comply with IEEE patent policy 6.1 a) and appears to part b) instead.