Minutes for IBIS Quality Committee meeting.
April 4, 2002 11:00am EST

-In attendance
*Barry Katz             bkatz@sisoft.com
*Eric Brock             ebrock@sisoft.com
*Kevin Fisher           kfisher@sisoft.com
*Mike Labonte           mlabonte@hhnetwrk.com
*Todd Westerhoff        twester@hhnetwk.com
*Eckhard Lenski         Eckhard.Lenski@icn.siemens.de
*John Figueroa          jfigueroa@apple.com
*Kim Helliwell          kimgh@apple.com
*Robert Haller          rhaller@cereva.com
*Lynne Green            lgreen@cadence.com

Minutes:
-Roll call

-Logistics
        * Can we move to Friday?
             * Need to avoid Fridays for people in Germany.
             * We need to avoid IBIS open forum. We can still meet
                every other week, but will skip the weeks when it
                overlaps with the ibis forum.
             * Barry to find better day.
        * Mailing list
                 * Mike listed everyone on list so far.
                 * Barry will send out invitation to si_list and ibis
reflectors.
                 * Will wait a week or so.
        * Thanks to Mike @ Hammerhead for setting up mailing list.
        * Thanks to John @ Apple for phone bridge.

-Review of Action Items
        * Availability
        * References to Prior Work
        * Web Site
        * Phone bridge

-Discussion: Should we use SiSoft for web site access?
        * SiSoft wants to avoid any mis-perceptions.
        * Link from SiSoft web site, w/ SiSoft responsible for access
           and content.
        * No objections from group.

-Review of checklist sent out earlier today.
        * Required vs. recommended vs. optional items
          * New column?
          * Different section?
          * Integrate with 'Quality level'?
          * Delivery of checklist with model?
          * In file? -Anything separate could be lost.
            * Where in file does it live? Spread out, top, bottom?
          * Viewed separately?
        * Make possible to automate extraction of checklist items.
        * Complete documentation of model origins.
          * Spice model, corner process, package model, rev of each,
etc.
          * Traceability
          * Where to include in checklist?
        * Should we accept errors/warnings out of ibischk at all?
          * Do we try to update ibischk for errors that do not really
exist.
        * Portability should be moved to 'General File' section.
        * 'Component Section' Add: Every pin on component is
represented.
        * 'Component Section' Add: Correct external package model/model
name
        * 'Component Section' Model Selector: Is correct model
            represented as default at chip powerup.
        * 'Component Section' Pin Mapping: Notes about special cases
            that cannot currently be modeled in ibis.
          * Warrants at least a comment.
        * 'Component Section': What about programmable interfaces?
          * Are there special things that need to be considered?
          * Warrants further discussion.
        * Finished component section review.

-Ran out of time. Will pick up this review at next meeting. We will
  start with 'Model Section'

Action items:
*Barry to find a better day to meet if possible.

*Barry to send out invitation to join mailing list to
 SI-LIST/IBIS-USERS, after next meeting.

*Subject to be posed to reflector: "Where in the ibis file should this
checklist live?"  i.e. At top, bottom, spread out as appropriate etc.

*Subject to be posed to reflector: "Special considerations for
programmable devices?"