From: Wolfgang Roethig [Wolfgang_Roethig@necelam.com]
Sent: Thursday, 19 February 2004 9:25
To: stds-dasc-sc@eda.org; Peter Ashenden
Subject: Re: DASC-SC: request for WG/SG status reports

Hello Peter and all,

Here is the status report on 1603 (ALF):

February 2004:
The IEEE finished the work on the 1603-2003 document.
It is now ready for publication.
I would like to thank Mrs Noelle Humenick from IEEE for the
final editorial work.
Furthermore, I would like to thank the P1603 work group members
Mr Peter Christensen, Mrs Kim Nguyen, and Mr Alex Zamfirescu for
outstanding contributions to the 1603-2003 standard.

November 2003:
The IEC TC93 submitted ALF as a new work item proposal.
This proposal was accepted. Discussions are ongoing
whether to submit ALF also under the newly established
IEC/IEEE dual logo program.

October 2003:
Accellera announced at the EDA interoperability forum
the plan to create a library interoperability standard
as a derivative of 1603-2003. The scope of work is to define
the requirements for the contents of a characterization
library for modern silicon technologies and to create a
formal cross-reference between ALF and the open source
"liberty" format for the description of such a library.

Best regards

Wolfgang Roethig
P1603 chair