Synopsys, Inc. · NASDAQ:SNPS

Synopsys — Synopsys Interoperability Developers' Forum (October 2004)

9 slides from Synopsys's conference presentation, October 2004

  1. Slide 1: IEEE P1800 SystemVerilog Group Overview & Update

    IEEE P1800 SystemVerilog Group Overview & Update Synopsys Interoperability Developers’ Forum Author: Johny Srouji Presenter: Oz Levia 1

  2. Slide 2: Agenda

    Agenda • SystemVerilog P1800 Objectives • Organization • Progress • Schedule • How can you participate? • Contacts 2

  3. Slide 3: P1800 Objectives

    P1800 Objectives • Create a SystemVerilog IEEE Standard that is based on Accellera SystemVerilog 3.1a donation • Standard publication by October 2005 • Create a single Verilog HDL • IEEE, this summer, assigned P1364 Verilog PAR to P1800 • Language alignment is addressed 3

  4. Slide 4: Organization

    Organization • Over 50 members on ieee1800 reflector • 11 active members both from Users’ and EDA entities • Appointed Officers: – Chair: Johny Srouji, Intel Corporation – Secretary: Dennis Brophy, Mentor Graphics – Official election process for chair, vice-chair and secretary was initiated 4

  5. Slide 5: Goals: The Big Picture

    Goals: The Big Picture • Publish and Ballot SystemVerilog LRM – Draft by DAC 2005 • Publish and Ballot 1364 2005 LRM – Errata corrections – Consistency – Draft by end of 2005 • Publish a single LRM – Over the next 2-3 years 5

  6. Slide 6: Progress

    Progress • P1800 PAR was approved in June – Co-sponsored by DASC-SC and CAG • Procedures & Policies were prepared, reviewed, approved and Ratified by sponsors • Established contract with IEEE funded services to help in the LRM development, processes, and publication of the standard 6

  7. Slide 7: Progress (cont)

    Progress (cont) • A SystemVerilog Errata sub-group was formed to collect Errata and Propose solutions – Karen Pieper, of Synopsys, was elected to chair this sub-group – Accellera technical committees were moved under this sub-group – A group of language champions was identified • Decisions on 1364:

  8. Slide 8: Schedule

    Schedule DATE Mile Stone Comment 9/13/2004 Collection of Errata submitted Errata after this date, will be captured in the Data Base but will not included in first draft 13-Sep-04 Formation of Balloting Pool 1-Oct-04 IEEE Contract Closure 1-Oct-04 Initial Draft Std. SV3.1a in IEEE style 1-Feb-05 nd I

  9. Slide 9: How can you participate

    How can you participate • IEEE meetings are open to the public – Everyone is welcome to attend meetings and voice their opinions • Voting membership / balloting – By company, requires IEEE-SA membership • Working Group: – Web site: http://www.eda.org/sv-ieee1800/ – Chair: johny.srouji@intel.com – Se

Synopsys — Synopsys Interoperability Developers' Forum (October 2004) on 6ix