Design Automation Standards Committee
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Design Automation Standards Committee, is a part of the IEEE Computer Society
and the IEEE Standards Association
.
This group sponsors and develops standards under the policies of the IEEE.
The group started in the summer of 1984 at the Design Automation Conference
.
Initially, the group supported VHDL as a standard, but extended its coverage to Verilog
, and then additional areas in the design automation space.
After going through a period of very few meetings in 2004-6 which ended with some contention about Power standards (see Common Power Format
and Unified Power Format
), the group developed new and explicit policies and procedures. With these procedures approved in 2007, the group began meeting monthly via teleconference. Active meetings include EDA companies, System integration companies, Electronic Intellectual Property (IP developers, and Semiconductor companies, and individuals interested in these topics.
Beginning in 2007, the group began to award the Ron Waxman Design Automation Standards Committee Meritorious Service Award. This award was named after the early and consitantly contributing organizer of the DASC, Ron Waxman.
The first recipient of the award in 2007 was Gabe Moretti.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
Design Automation Standards Committee, is a part of the IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Computer Society
The IEEE Computer Society is a professional society of IEEE. Its purpose and scope is “to advance the theory, practice, and application of computer and information processing science and technology” and the “professional standing of its members.” The CS is the largest of 38 technical societies...
and the IEEE Standards Association
IEEE Standards Association
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association is an organization within IEEE that develops global standards in a broad range of industries, including: power and energy, biomedical and health care, information technology, telecommunication, transportation,...
.
This group sponsors and develops standards under the policies of the IEEE.
The group started in the summer of 1984 at the Design Automation Conference
Design Automation Conference
The Design Automation Conference, or DAC, is a combination of a technical conference and a trade show, both specializing in electronic design automation....
.
Initially, the group supported VHDL as a standard, but extended its coverage to Verilog
Verilog
In the semiconductor and electronic design industry, Verilog is a hardware description language used to model electronic systems. Verilog HDL, not to be confused with VHDL , is most commonly used in the design, verification, and implementation of digital logic chips at the register-transfer level...
, and then additional areas in the design automation space.
After going through a period of very few meetings in 2004-6 which ended with some contention about Power standards (see Common Power Format
Common Power Format
The Si2 Common Power Format, or CPF is a file format for specifying power-saving techniques early in the design process. In the design of integrated circuits, saving power is a primary goal, and designers are forced to use sophisticated techniques such as clock gating, multi-voltage logic, and...
and Unified Power Format
Unified Power Format
Unified Power Format is the popular name of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers standard for specifying power intent in power optimization of electronic design automation...
), the group developed new and explicit policies and procedures. With these procedures approved in 2007, the group began meeting monthly via teleconference. Active meetings include EDA companies, System integration companies, Electronic Intellectual Property (IP developers, and Semiconductor companies, and individuals interested in these topics.
Beginning in 2007, the group began to award the Ron Waxman Design Automation Standards Committee Meritorious Service Award. This award was named after the early and consitantly contributing organizer of the DASC, Ron Waxman.
The first recipient of the award in 2007 was Gabe Moretti.