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OCP-IP Update:
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April, 2008
Throughout the past quarter, OCP-IP has continued its commitment to
leadership and an ongoing expansion of its global presence by
sponsoring several industry events, including EDAC’s annual CEO
Forecast and ECSI’s System Debug Workshop, which was held in
conjunction with DATE ‘08. OCP-IP will be sponsoring this same System
Debug Workshop at DAC, as well as the second annual OCP Technology
Forum in Yokohama, Japan, scheduled for May 29, 2008. Be sure to check
the OCP-IP Web site for more event details as they become available.
Every year around DATE, OCP-IP allows members to post product
presentations highlighting their use and support of OCP on our Web
site. For the past several years these presentations have been, and
continue to be, one of the most highly visited areas of the site. This
year’s round of presentations are contributed by companies including
AerieLogic, Cadence, CoWare, Jeda Technologies, Mercury Computing
Systems, Synopsys, Yogitech, and VaST Systems, as well as from the
OCP-IP Debug and Network-on-Chip Benchmarking Working Groups. We are
pleased to announce that the 2008 OCP-IP DATE partner presentations are
now available free, at www.ocpip.org/pressroom/schedule/speaking/papers_presentations/.
On the technical front, the OCP-IP Debug Specification has completed
Member Review and was formally announced at ECSI’s System Debug
Workshop. The specification details an approach to a standardized
OCP-bus compliant debug interface. The solution, an optional OCP port,
implements a debug interface socket that can be added to all cores and
IP blocks. To download your copy of this specification, please see www.ocpip.org/socket/ocpspec/.
The OCP-IP Governing Steering Committee (GSC) has recently approved the
formation of a working group focused in the area of Metadata. The aim
of this working group (“MDWG”) is to enhance Metadata schemes to ensure
they accurately and effectively represent and capture all of the
valuable information available from the OCP interface. If you would
like to participate in this, or any, of OCP-IP’s Working Groups, we
invite you to immediately contact admin@ocpip.org.
The work of OCP-IP’s System Level Design Working Group in the area of
TLMs and standardization was featured in a recent story on Virtual
Prototyping by CMP’s Rick Merrit (www.ocpip.org/pressroom/articles/Recently_Published_Articles/).
Lastly, I recently had the pleasure of participating in a roundtable
discussion on the issue of design standards. The discussion was hosted
by Peggy Aycinena of EDA Weekly and featured representation from
various companies and standards bodies including: IEEE, SPIRIT, Mentor,
and IP Extreme. Based on this recent discussion, I am pleased to say
that there appears to be a growing consensus and optimism about EDA
standards, which is good news for everyone involved in the industry!”
Sincerely,
Ian Mackintosh
OCP-IP Chairman and President
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