IEEE P1800 SystemVerilog Study Group

UNAPPROVED MINUTES

11 November 2010 and Continuation 18 November 2010

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. PDT

Teleconference

 

 

 

1          CALL TO ORDER - INTRODUCTIONS & AFFILIATIONS

The meeting was called to order at 8:06 a.m. 11 November PDT, and suspended at 8:15 a.m. It was then resumed 18 November PDT at 8:10 a.m.

 

Member DRs/DRAs Present:

Dave Rich (Mentor Graphics DRA)

Karen Pieper (Accellera, DR)

Nilotpal Sensarkar (Marvel DR)

Neil Korpusik (Oracle, DR)

Matt Maidment (Intel DR)

John Havlicek (Freescale, DR)

Charles Dawson (Cadence, DR)

Mehdi.Mohtashemi (Synopsys, DR)

Observers:

Joe Daniels (IEEE)

Shalom Bresticker (Intel, DRA)

Scott Little (Freescale, DRA)

 

 

2          APPROVE AGENDA

A motion was made (Dave Rich, Scott Little) to approve the agenda. The

motion passed unanimously.

 

3          PATENT POLICY AND CALL FOR PATENTS

Chair Pieper directed everyone’s attention to the following IEEE presentation

http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/patslideset.ppt

 

4          APPROVAL OF MINUTES

o       http://www.eda-twiki.org/sv-ieee1800/hm/att-1084/14-October-2010-UNAPPROVED-Meeting-Minutes.pdf

    • A motion was made (Neil Korpusik, Scott Little) to approve these minutes.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

5          MEETING ATTENDEE AUTHORIZATION

  • We are waiting for the FAQs to come in. The rules are likely to be as originally specified, with only member companies allowed to attend and to vote

 

6          BALLOT RESULTS

 

7          FUNDING, BUDGETING, AND FINANCIAL UPDATE

  • Dennis will get info from the IEEE on the other budget items.

 

 

8          SCHEDULE STATUS UPDATE

  • September 15, 2010 Nomination for Officers opens
  • September 26, 2010 Two year anniversary for officer elections
  • October 14, 2010 Conference Call
  • November 11, 2010 Conference Call
  • December 9, 2010 Conference Call
  • January 13, 2010 Conference Call
  • February 28, 2010 Revision 1 of 1800-2012
  • May 31, 2011 Revision 2 of 1800-2012
  • October 1, 2011 Feature Freeze in the committees
  • October 15, 2011 Feature Freeze in the P1800
  • November 6, 2011 Pre-ballot draft of 1800-2012
  • November 15, 2011 Remind entities to become members
  • December 16, 2011 Open the invitation to ballot
  • December 26, 2011 Last editing corrections filed in svdb
  • January 9, 2011 P1800 approval due
  • January 16, 2012 Close of the invitation to ballot
  • January 24, 2012 Completion of the review of the pre-ballot draft
  • January 25, 2012 Balance in the balloting group confirmed
  • January 28, 2012 P1800 meeting
  • -------------- Ballot draft available
  • February 4, 2012 Balloting begins
  • March 6, 2012 Ballot closes
  • March 21, 2012 Ballot responses available
  • May 21, 2012 Committees respond to ballot responses
  • June 5, 2012 P1800 approval of recirculation ballot
  • July 5, 2012 Recirculation pre-draft
  • July 12, 2012 Recirculation pre-draft review complete
  • July 19, 2012 Recirculation draft approved, recirculation initiates
  • August 3, 2012 Recirculation results back

 

9          P1800 TECHNICAL COMMITTEES AND CHAMPIONS OPERATIONAL

UPDATE

  • SV-AC, SV-BC, SV-CC, SV-DC, SV-EC, and SV-FC
  • Scope updates: http://www.eda-twiki.org/cgi-bin/view.cgi/P1800/P1800Scope
  • It was agreed that all new proposals should have a title indicating which Mantis item they are associated with.
  • It was agreed that the Champions should review all proposals for their conformance to the formats specified for proposals in addition to the proposal’s technical content.
  • Technical chair gave a report on the Champions activity. The report can be found at

·        http://www.eda-twiki.org/sv-ieee1800/hm/1096.html

·        19 items were sent back to the committees for further updates.  13 were passed by the Champions committee.

·        A motion was made (Neil Korpusik, Dave Rich) to approve the 13 items passed by the Champions.  The motion passed unanimously.

  • 4 of the 7 Champions participated in this vote.
    • ACTION ITEM: Neil Korpusik to determine if we need to change the composition of the Champions committee
  • Technical Chair gave a report on the SV-* committees.  The report can be found at:
  • A motion was made (Neil Korpusik, Mehdi Mohteshemi) that the technical committees are to have approval to work on additional Mantis items that they deem are precursors to the ones already approved.  The committees will mark these issues as children of the approved issue.
    • The motion passed unanimously.
  • ACTION ITEM: Neil to get all of the SV-* Committees to elect a chair and co-chair.

 

10        NEW BUSINESS

Joe Daniels gave a report on his proposals to the IEEE for improving support of the Working Groups.  It included items we requested in our last meeting.  Joe was not prepared to list the items in the minutes.

 

11        NEXT MEETING (ANNOUNCE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION, IF

KNOWN)

  • December 9, 2010 P1800 Meeting teleconference 8am Pacific

 

11 ADJOURNMENT

A motion was made (Matt Maidment) to adjourn the meeting. Having come to the end of

the agenda, no second is needed. The meeting ended at 9:08 a.m. PDT