RE: IPA software status - update

I say we are flying...The ball is rolling and I am in touch with individuals
as well as the GNU project to resolve 'gatekeeper/maintainer' issues.

Thank you all for your support and more info to come after the New Year..

Happy Holidays..
Syed.
Cisco Systems, Inc

>
> I believe we (members of the IBIS Open Forum) all jumped on it, but got
> suspended in mid-air buy the legal and new feature addition process
> implications/requirements, etc. What I wonder about is whether we are going
> to
> continue flying our jump or fall on our face...
>
> It seems, though, that Syed is doing an excellent job in trying to find the
> appropriate gatekeepers for this software.
>
> Arpad
> ============================================================================
> ====
>
> Why IBIS doesn't jump on this opportunity is beyond me. Interconnect is
> more of
> a problem than IC models.
>
> I've offered to deliver IPA CD's but Tek has not responded. Perhaps IBIS
> will.
>
> Just send a completed license agreement and a check for $250 for shipping
> and
> handling.
>
> Same as getting Xspice from Georgia Tech.
>
> Ted Creedon, P.E.
> Mentor Graphics ICX Models Group
>
> PS I have an 11800 and SD-24.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Syed Huq [SMTP:shuq@cisco.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 1998 9:15 AM
> To: shuq@cisco.com; ads@cadence.com
> Cc: ibis-users@vhdl.org
> Subject: Re: IPA software status - update
>
> Shripad,
>
> IPA(Interconnect Parametric Analyzer)is a software from Tektronix.
> This software is used along with a TDR to analyze and model(SPICE)
> interconnects. The software captures the reflection profile of the
> interconnect under test when the TDR pulse(35ps edge)hits it.
> The IPA software then creates an impedance profile of the captured
> waveform and uses this to generate various types of SPICE models
> (distributed, RLC, Lossy)etc etc.
>
> I have used this software to extract C_comp parameter as well as V/T
> table data for measurement based IBIS modeling. This is also great to
> extract package parasitcs.
>
> Since this product will be discontinued, Tektronix wants to give this
> software to the IBIS community for FREE(Both Binary and Source). So that's
> what the E-mail update is all about.
>
> The reason they are giving this up is because they no longer want to
> support the software. The idea is for anyone can take the source code,
> modify
> it for enhancement purpose and give back both the new binary and source back
> to the IBIS community. The tool gets enhanced and IBIS users benefit from
> it.
>
> There are various good Application Notes on the www.tek.com site. Do
> a search on 'IPA' and you will get all of them.
>
> More updates to follow after the holidays...
>
> Regards,
> Syed.
> Cisco Systems,Inc
>
> >
> >
> > Hi Syed,
> >
> > What is IPA-510 software? Could you please elaborate on this and
> > send some pointer to find more info on the said software?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Shripad
Received on Mon Dec 21 11:34:28 1998