[sv-bc] SV-XC committee meeting invitation

Hi all,

A new technical committee (SV-XC) is being formed under P1800
for defining the interface between SystemVerilog 2008 and
external hardware description languages such as:
VHDL, V-AMS and SystemC. The chair for the committee is
Somdipta Basu Roy, (TI Dallas) and the co-chair for the committee is
Logie Ramachandran (Synopsys, Mountain View).

The first meeting for this committee is scheduled for Wednesday
December 6th. We would like to invite everyone interested in
participating in this committee to our first meeting. The details
are attached below.

Thanks,

Somdipta Basu Roy & Logie Ramachandran


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SV-XC Committee Meeting
Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Time: 8:00am-10:00am PST

Toll Free Dial In Number: (888)635-9997
International Access/Caller Paid Dial In Number: (763)315-6815
PARTICIPANT CODE: 564437


Agenda
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1. Review IEEE patent policy

http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt

2. PAR

We will be operating under the latest 1800 PAR that was recently
approved by the IEEE:

  http://standards.ieee.org/board/nes/projects/1800.pdf

"The new revision of the standard will include resolutions and
clarifications  to Errata and critical enhancements that will
enable successful usage of the  hardware design and verification
language.  Furthermore, and as  SystemVerilog is a superset of
Verilog, the new revision will merge with  Verilog 1364-2005
standard to ensure a single reference manual for users and
EDA vendors alike. The new standard will also enable
interoperability with  existing languages such as VHDL
and SystemC, as well as integration with  Analog Mixed Signal (AMS)."

3. Scope of work

The charter is as follows:

SV-XC is responsible for defining the interface between
SystemVerilog 2008 and external hardware description languages such as:
VHDL, V-AMS, SystemC.  In particular, simulation cycle interface,
how do types match, naming conventions, VPI/API and so on.
The SV-XC committee is responsible for coordinating its work with
equivalent efforts on the part of the other languages to ensure that
the system of languages agree on both sides of the interface.

4. Meeting frequency.

Suggested frequency: twice a month, to be discussed during the Dec 6th
meeting.

5. Issue database

The existing database at  http://www.eda.org/svdb will be enhanced to
track all the issues and proposals that arise in this committee.


6. SV-XC alias and website

An sv-xc email alias and a website will be setup for email
discussions.