Archive for December, 2007

I must say I’m very much enjoying blogging about EDA standards. Not only is the topic interesting and important to my customers, but equally so to my competitors. In the short time that I’ve been blogging, I’ve received insightful comments, intriguing questions, and strongly-stated positions.

One thing I’ve really gotten a kick out of is some of the ratings. A creature named webwasher.Cadence.com has visited my blog and left behind but a single star. I think maybe it’s a compliment.

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the 2007 IEEE Standards Association awards ceremony in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Among the many deserving recipients of this year’s awards, there are three gentlemen that I would like to personally congratulate. They are colleagues of mine in the standards world and have made a positive impact on the IEEE Design Automation Standards Committee (DASC).

The Ron Waxman DASC Meritorious Service Award is named after Ron Waxman, a founder of the DASC, in recognition of his many years of leadership and service to IEEE and international standards. Ron told me that he could not have foreseen all the wondrous events in the EDA industry of the past two decades, but he did have a vision. Those who followed him all worked to make DASC the significant body it has become, advancing design automation standards which in turn benefit design practices. Ron can be proud of how the DASC works in harmony with many ad hoc industry standards organizations so the resulting IEEE standards can satisfy the needs of all, both politically and technically.

Gabe Moretti is the first recipient of the annual Ron Waxman DASC Meritorious Service Award. This award recognizes commendable accomplishments by a DASC member who puts forth extra effort to further the DASC and its mission. Gabe has delivered a high level of service to the DASC over many years and contributed significantly to several key activities including VHDL 1076 and Verilog 1364. He took the DASC beyond its original VHDL-only focus, giving it a much wider and compelling scope for design automation standards. Gabe actively promoted IEEE corporate standards, helping bring the DASC to a new level and greatly rejuvenating it.

Victor Berman, on behalf of the DASC, accepted the IEEE Standards Association Sponsor Award for “Outstanding Contribution to Corporate Standards Development.” This award is presented to IEEE standards sponsors that have shown exceptional support of the entity standards development process. To date, DASC has sponsored half of the current entity-based standards and almost one-third of the active entity projects. It forged bonds with three other standards organizations to create a proven path for their standards to become IEEE entity standards. DASC sponsorship of these standards not only helped pioneer the entity standards process, but also promoted it throughout the design automation industry as a highly effective and efficient means for producing market-relevant standards.

Please join me in congratulating Ron Waxman, Gabe Moretti, and Victor Berman.

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