Re: [IBIS] The roll of IBIS, Model Maker, EDA Tool, and Model User

Ergo quid?

On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Walter Katz <wkatz@sisoft.com> wrote:

> All,
>
>
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> When a User wants an EDA Tool to do an analysis using any models the User
> does the following:
>
>
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> 1. The User reads the Models Owner’s Manual
>
> 2. The User understands the channel that this model is going to work
> in
>
> 3. The User decides how to set up simulations based on the channels
> operating conditions and the Models Owner’s Manual.
>
> 4. The Model Owner’s Manual needs to explain to the User what the
> models can do, what its inputs are and what its outputs are. The model has
> to explain to the User how to set the inputs to the model, and the model has
> to explain to the User how to use the outputs of the model.
>
> 5. The User decides how he wants the outputs of the model to be
> used.
>
>
>
> In order for the User to be able to do this:
>
> 1. IBIS is responsible for setting a standard for Model Makers to
> define the capabilities, inputs and outputs of their models.
>
> 2. The Model Maker is responsible defining the capabilities, inputs
> and outputs of his model, and to do that according to the standard set by
> IBIS. The Model Owner’s Manual needs to explain to the User what the models
> can do, what assumptions it is making about its operating environment, what
> its inputs are and what its outputs are. The Model Owner’s Manual has to
> explain to the User how to set the inputs to the model.
>
> 3. The EDA Tool is responsible for enabling the User to implement
> how the User wants to do an analysis and how the user wants to use the
> outputs of an analysis,.
>
>
>
> This applies to AMI Models, IBIS Models, ISS Models, Verilog Models, VHDL
> Models.
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>
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> I do not know how it can be any other way.
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>
>
> Walter
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>
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> Walter Katz
>
> wkatz@sisoft.com
>
> Phone 303.449-2308
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> Mobile 720.333-1107
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>
>
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