Subject: Re: [vhdl-200x] Next VHDL-200x Meeting
From: John Willis (john.willis@ftlsys.com)
Date: Wed Feb 04 2004 - 13:58:18 PST
Steve,
I should be able to join the meeting via telecon. Can you arrange a
speaker phone?
Thanks! John
--On Wednesday, February 04, 2004 01:31:47 PM -0800 "Bailey, Stephen"
<SBailey@model.com> wrote:
> Date: Thursday, 4 March 2004
> Time: 08:30 - 17:00
> Place: Mentor Graphics, Conference room B2.105 (Tasmania, 2nd floor
> above reception area) Mentor Graphics Silicon Valley
> Headquarters
> 1001 Ridder Park Drive
> San Jose, CA 95131
> <http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=X9ipNup_0To.zxsTUIv8BhsAthko8EwPJne
> OwJep3Q--&csz=san%2Bjose%2C%2Bca%2B95131&country=us>
>
> Agenda:
>
> - VHPI Status (Peter Ashenden and/or Francoise Martinolle)
> - Report on LRM editing work
>
> - Review fast-track status (Jim Lewis)
> - Proposals completed (or nearly so)
> - Proposals remaining
>
> - ISAC Status (John Willis)
> - IRs to be resolved for next revision and their status
>
> - PSL incorporation status (Steve Bailey)
> - Current PSL status
> - What VHDL changes/accomodations are being proposed
>
> - Encryption/protection proposal (Deepak Pant)
>
> Please see www.eda.org/vhdl-200x for published language change proposals
> (primarily under fast-track).
>
> Minutes from the Dec meeting.
>
> Deepak offered to investigate the use of the encryption/protection
> mechanism that Cadence has proposed for 1364 with VHDL-200x.
>
> Several fast-track issues were discussed and promising resolutions to
> them identified. These will be incorporated into language change
> proposals and published (some already have been). John Ries, Peter
> Ashenden and Jim Lewis provided significant inspiration here.
>
> Peter Ashenden and John Willis discussed object-oriented extensions to
> VHDL (SUAVE from Peter and VHDL-X from John). We determined that the
> highest priority issues for the next revision are in the area of
> generalized generic parameterization (generic types, subprograms, etc.).
> With more powerful generic capabilities, Bhasker would be able to build
> several of his proposals on general language features and not hard-code
> them into VHDL. Bhasker participated in this portion of the meeting via
> telecon. Once Peter finishes the VHPI LRM editing work, he will focus on
> the enhanced generics capabilities.
>
> We did not have sufficient time to discuss PSL/VHDL integration issues
> beyond an issue or two discussed within the fast-track portion of the
> meeting. Steve did provide an update on PSL and SystemVerilog Assertions
> harmonization efforts: The same symbol/keyword in both have the same
> meaning, general semantic alignment and some additional syntactic
> alignment. But, PSL and SVA are on track to remain separate languages.
> The PSL 1.1 LRM will incorporate the results of the harmonization and
> potentially other enhancements to PSL as well.
>
> ------------
> Stephen Bailey
> TME, Mentor Graphic's Model Technology Group
> sbailey@model.com
> 303-775-1655 (mobile, preferred)
> 720-494-1202 (office)
> www.model.com
>
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