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Attached you will find the Draft Agenda for the meeting.


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<bold>I B I S   S U M M I T   M E E T I N G

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Time/Date:      8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Thursday, October 14, 1999


Location:       Marlboro Holiday Inn <bold>(NOT AT THE BOXBORO HOLIDAY
INN THIS YEAR)

</bold>                265 Lakeside Ave. 

                Marlboro, MA

                Tel:  (508) 481-3000

               

Content:        Presentations and Discussions


Purpose:        Solicit and Exchange IBIS Model Related Information and
Ideas.


Sponsors:       North East Systems Associates, Inc. (NESA), Hyperlynx,
Praegitzer Design

       


PCB Conference: October 11-15, 1999

East            Royal Plaza Trade Center

                Marlborough, Massachusetts

                See http://www.pcbeast.com/ for more information.


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<bold>PROPOSED AGENDA

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8:30 AM   MORNING REFRESHMENTS (from the Sponsors)


9:00 AM   Introductions and Business

          Bob Ross, Mentor Graphics

          Ed Sayre North East Systems Associates (NESA)


9:30 AM   "Making the IBIS Specification More Readable"

          Roy Leventhal, 3Com


10:00 AM  "Model Extraction Based on Differential TDR"

          Steven Corey, Time Domain Analysis Systems


10:30 AM  BREAK (Refreshments from Sponsors)


10:45 AM  Roundtable - Accuracy Specification

          Bob Haller, Compaq (Leader)


12:00 PM  LUNCH (Provided to Attendees by the Sponsors)


1:00 PM   Roundtable - Input Modeling Discussion 

          Stephen Peters, Intel (Leader)


2:00 PM   Roundtable - IBIS Version 4.0 Features Discussion

          Bob Ross, Mentor Graphics (Leader)


2:30 PM   BREAK (Refreshments from Praegitzer Design)


2:45 PM   "Proposed Improvements to the SPICE to IBIS Tool"

          Mohamed Nasef, Mentor Graphics


3:15 PM   Roundtable - Spice to IBIS Discussion

          Mike LaBonte, Cadence


4:00 PM   Roundtable - Future of User Group Discussion

          Ed Sayre, NESA (Leader)


5:00 PM   FINAL BUSINESS AND ADJORN



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<bold>DIRECTIONS TO MEETING

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The Marlboro Holiday Inn

is located at the junction of Route 20 and I-495

(exit 24A off I-495 North or South)

Located 4 miles from the Massachusetts Turnpike and

One Mile from I-290.  Thirty miles from Boston and

Logan International Airport


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<bold>LIST OF NEARBY HOTELS

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Marlboro Holiday Inn

265 Lakeside Ave. 

Marlboro, MA

Tel:  (508)481-3000


Boxboro Holiday Inn.  

One Adams Place

Boxboro, MA

Tel:  (978) 263-8701

Fax:  (978) 263-0518


Royal Plaza Hotel 

181 Boston Post road West

Marlborough, MA 01752

Tel:  (508) 460-0700


Radisson Inn

75 Felton St.

Marlboro, MA

Tel:  (508) 480-0015


Embassy Suites Hotels

123 Boston Post Rd.

West Marlboro, MA

(508) 485-5900


Amerscot House

61 West Acton Road

Stow, MA  01775

email: doreen@amerscot.com, web site http://www.amerscot.com

Tel: (508)897-0666, FAX (508)897-6914


Westford Regency Inn

219 Littleton Rd. (exit 32 off I-495)

Westford, MA

Tel:  (978) 692-8200



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