======================================================================
IBIS INTERCONNECT TASK GROUP MEETING MINUTES

http://www.eda.org/ibis/interconnect_wip/ 

Mailing list: ibis-interconnect@freelists.org 
Archives at http://www.freelists.org/archive/ibis-interconnect/ 

======================================================================
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
8 AM US Pacific Time 

Agenda:
1) Opens
2) Call for any related patent disclosures
3) Roll call
4) Review of ARs
5) Should the interconnect meetings be suspended temporarily and
   take the discussions to the ATM meetings?
6) Discuss Walter's slides on "EMD Package On Die Interconnect"
7) Try to decide between EMD vs. BIRD 125 style
8) BIRD 145

======================================================================

Attendees:
----------
(* denotes present)
Agilent                    - Radek Biernacki
Ansoft                     - Denis Soldo
Cadence Design Systems     - Terry Jernberg, Brad Brim, Dennis Nagle
I/O Methodology            - Lance Wang
Intel                      - Michael Mirmak
Mentor Graphics Corp.      - John Angulo, Arpad Muranyi*
Micron Technology          - Justin Butterfield*, Randy Wolff
SiSoft                     - Walter Katz*, Mike LaBonte*
Teraspeed Consulting Group - Bob Ross*

========================================================================

Patents:

- No patents were declared.

========================================================================

Opens:

- None

========================================================================

ARs:

- Arpad schedule node hookup automation topic for Tuesday's ATM meeting.
  - Done

========================================================================

Should we move discussion to the ATM meetings?

Walter said the EMD spec is done, except for the question of whether
package modeling parameter tree syntax should be changed to keywords.
Also we must decide to stop discussing BIRDs 125 and 145 before we proceed
on the details of EMD. He said we should create prototype models of the
five package model types, and that this is best handled in a smaller
group. Walter noted that Scott McMorrow asked for additional model
information for tools to create custom simulations. Bob called this the
"EMD editorial" meeting, and he noted that this is the right place to
finalize that.

Mike suggested suspending these meetings until BIRDs 125 and 145 are
resolved in the ATM meetings. Arpad and Walter agreed. Arpad said the
tree structure question should also be decided in ATM meetings. Walter
agreed, but wondered if Arpad still felt strongly about BIRD 125. Arpad
said he still needed to consider this, although he was not supportive
of BIRD 145. Walter felt strongly that BIRD 145 must not pass.

We agreed to resume these meetings after BIRDs 125 and 145 are resolved,
or on an as-requested basis.

========================================================================

Next Meeting:
Wednesday, TBD