[sv-bc] Re: [P1800] SV-XC committee meeting invitation

Verilog-AMS isn't supposed to be an "external" HDL, it is supposed to be 
getting integrated into SystemVerilog at some point.

Or is there no intention to integrate it?

Kev.

Neil Korpusik wrote:

>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
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>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
>------
>
>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.
>
>  
>