IEEE P1604 Working Group

An IEEE standards working group sponsored by the Design Automation Standards Committee (DASC).

The P1604 Working Group is developing a draft Standard for Inclusion of VHDL Library Units in the VHDL Library IEEE

Scope

The standard will specify a process for determining which items are permitted to reside in the predefined library named STD, defined in IEEE Standard 1076, and the library named IEEE, referenced in associated standards (such as 1164). This standard will also specify requirements on the internal documentation in the source code for such items.

Purpose

Users expect that only IEEE-approved items reside in library IEEE, but some vendors have placed non-standard items in their version of this library. This standard will prevent the portability and compatibility problems that arise when the contents of the library IEEE contain non-standard items.

Participation is open to all interested parties.  Voting membership of the Working Group requires DASC membership.  Non-DASC members are invited to participate as observers. Most of the business of the Working Group will take place by email.

Email list

There is a Hypermail archive of the libieee@eda.org email list.  To subscribe, send email to majordomo@eda.org with the command "subscribe libieee" in the body.

Next meetings

No meetings are currently scheduled.

Contact

For more information contact the Working Group Chair, Peter Ashenden.