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---+ P1076 May 10, 2012 Meeting Minutes
---++ Attendees:
   * Main.ErnstChristen * Main.JimLewis * Main.MartinThompson * Main.PeterFlake * Main.JarekKaczynski * Main.HansTiggeler

---++ Agenda:
   * Approve April 5 Meeting Minutes. Motion: Peter 2nd: Jerry
   * Approve April 19 Meeting Minutes. Motion: 2nd: deferred approval to next meeting
   * Call for proposals for new items
   * Call for volunteers to work on proposals
   * Looking for team leader for ISAC
   * Review updated proposals 
      * [[http://www.eda.org/twiki/bin/view.cgi/P1076/WebRss][RSS of recent changes]]
   * Review requirements lists from VHDL-200X/Accellera effort 
      * Assign owners to raw items and work toward proposals
   * Review items in the [[http://www.eda.org/twiki/bin/view.cgi/P1076/Vhdl2019CollectedRequirements][collected requirements list]]
   * Review [[IssueScreening][ISAC issues and Bugzilla]]
---++ 1076.1: How make a type opaque (defined by vendor) to users for table driven modeling
   * Users need to be able support reading non-standardized file formats and get them into the model
   * Concerned about use model of protected types.
   * Has separate table building and table accessing
   * Table is static need to initialize it at elaboration time.
   * Tables are potentially huge - 1000 - 10,000 of entries.
   * Peter Flake suggested DPI and using C types
   * From reflector suggested: 
      * Protected Types,
      * Incomplete Type refined in package body,
      * Types defined by adjunct package
---++ Protected Types
   * Extend with generics - one use model is supporting above
   * Facilitates: scoreboard and memory implementation
   * Subsumes constructors 
---++ 1076/1076.1 Matrix Math Package
   * Uses 2 dimensional arrays
   * Hence slicing must be done by separate procedures
   * Concerns over array of array
   * Column Major vs Row Major
   * Need to schedule formal review of package and get matrix math people to attend
---++ 1076.1 Timeline
   * Funding - ??? 20% - funding required for LRM writing.
   * Par Valid until 2015 
   * IEEE Fund raising rules require one to make an application, get a sponsor, and they help with fund raising. Funds go through IEEE-SA and they distribute the funds. 
---++ Action Items:
   * Need champion for reviewing and documenting implementation trade-offs of the Matrix Math Package
   * Jim offered to help 1076.1 group with protected type implementation of table driven modeling
---++ Next Meeting Date (proposed):

Thursday May 24, 8 am Pacific

Thursday June 14, 8 am Pacific
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