The balloting group for IEEE P1450.6.1 is being formed now. Now is the time for interested companies and organizations to join the group of balloters. The deadline for signing up to ballot is August 30, 2008, 11:59 PM Eastern Time.

This important standard for IC test is titled “Standard for Describing On-Chip Scan Compression” and is also known as the Open Compression Interface (OCI). It was created within the Accellera standards-setting organization and was transferred to the IEEE following Accellera’s ratification.

OCI defines how information is passed from scan insertion to pattern generation and from pattern generation to diagnosis, allowing tools from different vendors to be used regardless of what on-chip scan compression logic is used. It describes on-chip scan compression structures, operation, and connectivity which promote EDA tool interoperability for pattern generation and diagnosis.

To join the ballot group, contact Penny Stanton, IEEE-SA Balloting Center Administrator, at: sa-ballot -at- ieee . org.

P1450.6.1 will be an entity-based ballot which means “one company – one vote”. This process offers freedom from blatant vote-stacking and promotes industry-relevant standards. If your company or organization is already a corporate member of the IEEE Standards Association, you can join the ballot group and ballot without paying a balloting fee. If your company or organization does not want to join the IEEE-SA, you can still join the ballot group and ballot by paying a per-ballot fee.

You can check to see if your company or organization is a corporate member or find out who is your corporate member representative by contacting Patti Sulzer (p . sulzer -at- ieee . org). An IEEE-SA Corporate Member list is also available at: http://standards.ieee.org/sa-mem/corpmemlist.html

If your organization is not an IEEE-SA Corporate Member, but wishes to participate in this ballot, follow these instructions to become a member: http://standards.ieee.org/sa-mem/join.html#corporate

If your organization prefers to pay the per-ballot fee, please contact Penny Stanton, IEEE-SA Balloting Center Administrator, at: sa-ballot -at- ieee . org.

Once P1450.6.1 completes the balloting process and gains approval from IEEE-SA governance, the “P” will be dropped and it will become an official IEEE P1450.6.1 standard.