Minutes, IBIS Quality Task Group

12 May 2020

11:00-12:00 EST (08:00-09:00 PST)

ROLL CALL

Intel Corp.                         Michael Mirmak
Mentor, a Siemens Business          Arpad Muranyi
Micron Technology                 * Randy Wolff
Signal Integrity Software:        * Mike LaBonte
SPISim                              Wei-hsing Huang
Teraspeed Labs:                   * Bob Ross
Zuken USA:                          Lance Wang

Everyone in attendance marked by *

NOTE: "AR" = Action Required.

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Mike LaBonte conducted the meeting.

Call for IBIS related patent disclosures:

- None

Call for opens:

- None


Review of previous meeting minutes:
Minutes from the April 28 meeting were reviewed. Bob Ross moved to approve.
Randy Wolff seconded. Without objection the minutes were approved.


ARs:
- Bob Ross to revise BUG212 draft and post it
  - Done.
- Bob Ross to update BUG213 draft and post it
  - Done.
- Bob Ross to review the BIRD181.2 draft
  - Not done yet.


New IBISCHK bugs:
Bob none.


TSCHK2 license agreement:
No action


IBISCHK7.0.2 development:
Bob said we were close to creating a development contract document. Mike LaBonte asked
if we would fix BUG202.

Mike showed BUG202 and gave an overview. He wondered if ibischk could handle the
error more gracefully, possibly by catching a signal when a dynamic model load fails.
He asked if we should mark it WON'T FIX if not.  Bob Ross agreed we might not fix
it. He said we might compile an ibischk on an older Linux to make it compatible,
but he felt that there should be a cutoff where we consider support deprecated.
Mike said compiling on an older Linux would not help, because the problem was between
the model maker's Linux and the user's Linux, not the Linux used to compile IBISCHK.
Randy Wolff agreed we should not fix it.  Mike noted that in the case where IBISCHK
fails, the model could not be simulated either.  All agreed to propose reclassifification
of the bug as WON'T FIX at the next Open Forum meeting.

We reviewed other open IBISCHK bugs.  Mike asked if we should wait. Bob said BUG213
compelled a fix soon.  Randy noted that we want to have a clean IBISCHK7 ahead of IBIS 7.1,
but he agreed that BUG213 should be fixed.  All agreed that BUG213 prevented valid models
from being passed, and that BUG202 would not be fixed.


Tabled topics (no discussion without motion):
  - IBIS-ISS parser


Bob Ross moved to adjourn. Randy Wolff seconded. Without objection the meeting ended.

Meeting ended: 11:33 ET

Next meeting May 19, 2020