[ibis-macro] Re: Deprecation BIRD
- From: "Muranyi, Arpad" <Arpad_Muranyi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: IBIS-ATM <ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:31:14 +0000
Walter and All,
Looking at that paragraph on pg. 4 in the v5.1 specification,
I noticed something else that needs to be changed, now that
we have a Word formatted "IBIS Specification".
Notice that in the original text, this "specification" was not
considered a specification. Notice the first paragraph of
chapter 2:
"In order to enable an industry standard method to electronically transport
IBIS modeling data between semiconductor vendors, EDA tool vendors, and end
customers, this template is proposed. The intention of this template is to
specify a consistent format that can be parsed by software, allowing EDA tool
vendors to derive models compatible with their own products."
This is talking about the IBIS specification file as an "ASCII
template", not a specification. Recall that the reason we had
comment lines at the beginning of each line that was not an
example was that it was supposed to work as a model in the parser
and in a simulator. This is actually captured in the above
quote too.
Now that our "ASCII template" is not ASCII anymore, we will have
to revise all text in the Word formatted "IBIS Specification"
that refers to itself an "ASCII template".
Thanks,
Arpad
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From: ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Walter Katz
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 5:05 AM
To: IBIS-ATM
Subject: [ibis-macro] Deprecation BIRD
All,
There are a number of items within the IBIS specification that are not being
used in the industry. Maintaining support for these items is a burden on both
EDA companies and the ability for IBIS to advance the standard to "to allow
accurate modeling of new, or other I/O buffer structures."
I am submitting this Deprecation BIRD as an amendment to the "Commitment to
Backward Compatibility" clause that allows items to be removed from the IBIS
specification and introduces a formal deprecation process.
Walter
Walter Katz
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