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IEEE
APPROVES ADVANCED LIBRARY FORMAT STANDARD FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
DESIGN
Contact:
Karen McCabe, IEEE Senior Marketing Manager
+1 732 562 3824, k.mccabe@ieee.org
For Release:
Immediate
(PISCATAWAY,
NJ, 15 October 2003 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board has
approved IEEE 1603(TM), a new standard that creates a consistent
library format as a reference for integrated circuit design applications.
IEEE 1603,
"A Standard for an Advanced Library Format (ALF) Describing
Integrated Circuit (IC) Technology, Cells, and Blocks," makes
ALF the data specification language for library elements used
in design applications that implement integrated circuits. The
format's language and semantics describes the functional, physical
and electrical performance of technology-specific libraries for
cell-based and block-based designs. It models the behavior, timing,
power, signal integrity, physical abstraction and physical implementation
rules of library elements.
The IEEE-SA
Standards Board also reaffirmed the continued use of three existing
computer-related standards:
- IEEE 1156.1(TM),
"IEEE Standard Microcomputer Environmental Specifications
for Computer Modules."
- IEEE 1156.2(TM),
"IEEE Standard for Environmental Specifications for Computer
Systems."
- IEEE 1301.3(TM),
"IEEE Standard for a Metric Equipment Practice for Microcomputers
- Convection-Cooled with 2.5 mm Connectors."
The above
standards projects were sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society.
About the
IEEE Standards Association
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body, develops consensus standards through an open process that
brings diverse parts of an industry together. It has a portfolio
of more than 870 completed standards and more than 400 in development.
IEEE-SA promotes the engineering process by creating, developing,
integrating, sharing and applying knowledge about electro- and
information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity
and the profession. For further information on IEEE-SA visit:
http://standards.ieee.org/.
About the
IEEE
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Through its members, the organization is a leading authority on
areas ranging from aerospace, computers and telecommunications
to biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics. The IEEE
produces nearly 30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical
and electronics engineering, computing and control technology
fields. This nonprofit organization also sponsors or cosponsors
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IEEE
1603, 1156.1, 1156.2 and 1301.3 are trademarks of the IEEE. All
other names or product names are the trademarks, service marks
or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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