IBIS Editorial Task Group Minutes
November 16, 2022

Attendees:
Intel Corp.             Michael Mirmak *
Mathworks               Walter Katz 
Micron Technology       Randy Wolff *
Siemens EDA             Arpad Muranyi *, Weston Beal *
Teraspeed Labs          Bob Ross *


Minutes by Weston Beal
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Call for Patents:
   none

Review of Minutes:
 - Minutes from November 2, 2022 were reviewed. Randy Wolff moved to approve the
   minutes. Arpad Muranyi seconded the motion. The minutes were approved.


Review of Actions Required:


New Actions:
   none

 
Agenda:
The clock_times clarification BIRD (BIRD222) was submitted. Randy emailed it to 
the IBIS list for review. It will be voted on in the open forum this Friday. 
The BIRD was written to align with specification 7.2 draft3. If the text of the 
specification in this section changes in a later draft, then the BIRD222 might 
need to be updated accordingly. Arpad noted that the BIRD, beyond clarifying 
the text of the specification, adds some comments that might change the 
technical requirements in the specification. A DQS executable must be available 
in simulation if a DQ model needs clock times input. The initial specification 
of this functionality allowed the EDA tool to assume some clock_times input if 
the DQS (clock source) model was not included in the simulation. 

A review of the editorial task list shows 2 BIRDs still in process. Michael 
Mirmak asked if we should include these BIRDs into the next draft of the 
specification with the assumption that they will be approved. The BIRDs should 
be approved, but might need some revision before final approval. This would 
require extra reference tracking for the final editing of the specification. 
Michael suggests waiting until after the open forum meeting where the BIRD 
votes will happen. The group agrees with this approach.

Michael presented draft4 of the specification 7.2 to show the latest changes. 
These changes were mostly tracking type revisions, such as table of contents 
and list of figures. There is one remaining highlighted word regarding retimer 
models. Should the description use "1/2 UI" or "1/2 symbol time"? There is 
another statement in the text that defines symbol_time as the same as UI. The 
group resolved to keep the text as-is.

Michael reported that the template field, Required has some inconsistent usage 
in a few keyword descriptions. The clarification of the correct values might 
need a BIRD to define. For now, the task group will not change these 
descriptions in the text.

Should we hold the task group next week, since it is a short week? There is not 
much to discuss, so the task group will meet again in 2 weeks.

Michael will prepare draft4 of the specification to include the 2 in-process 
BIRDs. If both BIRDs are approved as submitted then the specification draft can 
be presented to the open forum for approval on 9 DEC 2022.


Next Meeting Scheduled:
November 30, 2022

Randy moved to adjourn. Arpad seconded.

Meeting adjourned at 8:51 a.m. PT.