As I hope you're aware, the IBIS Advanced Technology Modeling (IBIS-ATM) task group has been working to define a modeling standard for Serdes Rx/Tx models that will provide interoperability across EDA tools and IP vendor models. This group has been working on a proposal for modeling SerDes equalization and clock recovery behavior using "executable" models that conform to a standardized calling interface. The proposal addresses how models are loaded and executed, how waveform data is passed to/from the model and how model-specific control settings are managed. These models are known as IBIS Algorithmic Modeling Interface (IBIS-AMI) models. You can find information on the task group's efforts on-line: http://www.eda-stds.org/pub/ibis/macromodel_wip/ The task group approved a draft version of the proposal for "prototype implementation" this past May. Sample models and EDA integrations were developed, and we've demonstrated that the sample models are operable across different EDA platforms. SiSoft is providing a free "IBIS-AMI Evaluation Toolkit" for public evaluation. Release 1.00 of the toolkit has been posted in the "Work Archive" section of: http://www.eda-stds.org/pub/ibis/macromodel_wip/ The toolkit is posted as a .zip file that contains the IBIS_AMI_test program that allows AMI models to be run from the command line, a sample 4-tap Tx model (both executable and source code), along with sample data and basic documentation. Executables are provided for both Windows and Linux platforms. You can use this toolkit to perform analyses with the channel data provided, or you can substitute data for your own channel design. Please note that the input/output data for the model conforms to the IBIS-AMI proposal; some programming and scripting skill will be needed if you plan to adapt the kit for your own design use. The toolkit is provided free by SiSoft; you are welcome to use it as you wish, subject to the conditions laid out in the "license.txt" file. We have established the mailer ibis-ami-toolkit@freelists.org for discussions about SiSoft's toolkit and toolkits to follow from other EDA vendors. You can join the ibis-ami-toolkit mailer by sending an email with "subscribe" in the subject line to ibis-ami-toolkit-subscribe@freelists.org . You can also join the discussion group through the following URL: http://www.freelists.org/list/ibis-ami-toolkit Future releases of SiSoft's toolkit will be announced on the ibis-ami-toolkit mailer. Any comments are welcome and greatly appreciated; we will gauge updates to the kit based on the feedback we receive. Thanks for your interest, and happy modeling! Todd. Todd Westerhoff VP, Software Products SiSoft 6 Clock Tower Place, Suite 250 Maynard, MA 01754 (978) 461-0449 x24 twesterh@sisoft.com www.sisoft.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------------------------------------------------------------- |For help or to subscribe/unsubscribe, e-mail majordomo@eda-stds.org |with the appropriate command message(s) in the body: | | help | subscribe ibis <optional e-mail address, if different> | subscribe ibis-users <optional e-mail address, if different> | unsubscribe ibis <optional e-mail address, if different> | unsubscribe ibis-users <optional e-mail address, if different> | |or e-mail a request to ibis-request@eda-stds.org. | |IBIS reflector archives exist under: | | http://www.eda-stds.org/pub/ibis/email_archive/ Recent | http://www.eda-stds.org/pub/ibis/users_archive/ Recent | http://www.eda-stds.org/pub/ibis/email/ E-mail since 1993Received on Thu Aug 30 14:48:55 2007
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