1. Wolfgang Ecker has agreed to co-chair the modeling enhancement
activity. Wolfgang has already provided several enhancement requests
and actively participated in the recent Birds of a Feather meeting at
the
Fall VIUF. As a member of Siemens' corporate R&D center in Munich,
Wolfgang has broad & direct exposure to the "user's perspective." He
has also
been an active contributor in past VIUFs. I'm very pleased that
Wolfgang
has accepted my invitation to co-chair. You can contact Wolfgang at
mailto:wolfgang.ecker@mchp.siemens.de.
2. Greg Peterson has agreed to lead the 200x related effort of
identifying
language requirements for supporting systems and systems-on-chip
design. He will be following up the initial thoughts and ideas
identified
at the 1st Future of VHDL Workshop from the Fall '96 VIUF. Greg can
be reached at: mailto:gdp@vhdl.org.
I believe we now have all of the important areas for "VHDL 200x"
covered:
- VHDL PLI: Francoise Martinolle (fm@cadence.com)
- VHDL Simulation Output Format: Paul Menchini (mench@mench.com)
- Modeling Enhancements: Wolfgang Ecker
(wolfgang.ecker@mchp.siemens.de)
- System-Level Requirements: Greg Peterson (gdp@vhdl.org)
Note 1: VHDL 200x is a catch-all term. The above activities may
justify
more than one round of balloting depending upon timing,
etc.
We need to let each committee pursue their technical areas
further
before identifying ballot timing and logistics.
Note 2: If there are other areas of import which you believe should be
addressed
for VHDL 200x and you don't think they are covered by the
above activities,
please let me know.
3. Shared Variables: The ballot package has been submitted to the
IEEE.
Hopefully, it is complete and the ballot packages will be distributed to
the
balloting group shortly. I requested a 60 day ballot period and
coordination
with IEC WG2. If IEC WG2 members need further help directly from me to
facilitate the IEC review, please let me know.
Stephen Bailey
VeriBest Inc.
6101 Lookout Rd., Suite A
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