Bob,
There are a couple of "]" characters with strike-through font, which should be
changed to normal font. I would like to remove the blue and red colors too,
because they were supposed to indicate older changes which are not relevant
anymore. It is just too confusing to see all these colors when we are talking
about different things...
This sentence appears twice, one of it should be deleted:
"A [Component] may have zero or more [Interconnect Model Set Group] keywords
(identified by a name) associated with it."
I think "one or more than one" could be just written as "one or more".
The last sentence in the precedence rules still needs work:
"[Package Model] and [Interconnect Model Set Group] may both be present for the
same [Component] but should not both be used at the same time."
The problem is around "same time". I think we would not have any
problems to use legacy and BIRD189 models in the same simulations
(at the same time) if they cover different pins. We just don't want
any overlap (at the same time). Then come the related questions on
what exactly is an overlap when the [Define Package Model] uses the
coupled matrix format, etc...
The following two sentences say pretty much the same thing, and I
think one of them could be removed (or they could merged together):
"Interconnect models may be supplied separately for on-die interconnect and
package interconnect, or may be supplied as a single model for the entire
connection between the package pins and buffers."
"An Interconnect Model may describe the connection between the pins of the
package and the buffers, the pins of the package and the die pads, or the die
pads and buffers."
If we want the user to make selection in one place, i.e. the [Interconnect
Model Set Group], then we will need to consider changing this statement:
"One Interconnect Model Set may contain groups of similar interconnect models
or different interconnect models to describe the complete connections from the
buffer to pin interface."
The highlighted words above imply that the user will have to make a selection
from the similar interconnect models...
The following sentence doesn't make a lot of sense to me:
"In such a model, the crosstalk on any one route in the model could only be
caused by its nearest neighbors."
This comes after stating "This example assumes that only a few routes out of a
larger bus are shown.",
but what if those few routes do not even include any of the "nearest neighbors"
that the next sentence is talking about? The paragraphs that follows this is
good,
but this sentence could possibly be deleted... It doesn't seem to add much to
the
discussion.
These sentences touch on the precedence rules again:
"In addition, within that .ibs file, they override any interconnect package
models defined using the [Package], [Pin], or [Define Package Model] keywords.
Interconnect Models in separate .ims files referenced by the [Interconnect
Model Set Group] keyword in a .ibs file also override any interconnect package
models defined in the same .ibs file using the [Package], [Pin], or [Define
Package Model] keywords."
The problem is with override [Define Package Model]. Is this happening
regardless
of what pins the [Define Package Model] is associated with, or does this apply
only
if the [Define Package Model] and the BIRD189 model is touching the same pins?
I am still puzzled by the following paragraph, especially with the changes we
made
with the [Interconnect Model Set Group] keyword. Do we still need/want this in
here:
"Model makers are recommended to ensure that each Interconnect Model Set
contains a complete description, through Interconnect Models, needed for the
path connecting the I/O buffers of interest to their associated pins, and for
connecting all rails related to these I/O buffers. This simplifies choices to
be made by the user or automatically by the EDA tool. It also assures that the
full electrical structure that is simulated matches what the model provider
intends. Some EDA tools may support selecting several Interconnect Model Sets
at once to form a complete path, but this requires additional user interaction
and may risk generating less-accurate simulation data due to duplicate or
missing content."
I wonder about the uniqueness requirements for the [Interconnect Model]'s
name argument. It says:
"The [Interconnect Model]/[End Interconnect Model] keyword pair is
hierarchically scoped by the [Interconnect Model Set]/[End Interconnect Model
Set] keywords."
Does this mean that I can have two different [Interconnect Model]s with the
same name (for example, "Coupled") in two different [Interconnect Model Set]s?
Or does every single [Interconnect Model] have to have unique name?
The following sentences don't seem to be correct:
"For File_TS, the Number_of_terminals value shall be 2 or greater and equal to
the number of ports N plus 1 (N+1) in the Touchstone file.
For File_TS0, the Number_of_terminals value shall be 1 or greater and equal to
the number of ports N in the Touchstone file."
If we are allowing unused ports, the highlighted words should be changed to
"and less than or equal to the number of".
I would still recommend to remove the word "reference" from all of the
IBIS-ISS examples in the comments. I don't want to give any special meaning
to any of the subcircuit terminals, unlike the Touchstone reference terminal,
IBIS-ISS terminals have no such special meanings.
I know a lot of these comments are a repeat from my previous comments,
but I don't want them to get lost while we keep distributing new drafts of
the document, thinking that my comments have been addressed in the new
draft...
Thanks,
Arpad
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[mailto:ibis-interconn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Ross
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 11:46 AM
To: 'Mike LaBonte' <mlabonte@xxxxxxxxxx>; ibis-interconn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
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Subject: [ibis-interconn] BIRD189_draft9_v2
Mike, and group,
For posting on the Interconnect Group work archives.
Attached BIRD189.5_draft9_v2 is an editorial update per the discussion at the
9/27 meeting relating to the File_IBIS-ISS, File_TS, and File_TS0 additions and
to the Number_of_terminals rules.
I made a few other minor editorial changes.
On page 22, the unused port termination rules have not been changed. They will
be discussed at the ATM meeting, So this document is also sent to the ATM
reflector.
Bob
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