Re: Accellera and DASC

Hi Evan,

Accellera has provided funding in 2003/04 (in conjunction with a small
number of EDA companies) to fund a tech writer to work on VHPI, which
will become part of 1076 along with some Fast Track aspects of VHDL 200x
later this year. Funding from the DASC for this effort was preferred and
sought after, but was unavailable.

To do the good work of the DASC, there is ongoing need for this type of
funding. So far, the IEEE and its societies are a poor source and
Accellera and its members are much better prospects for such funding.
Accordingly, our interests had better converge in important areas.
Without it, our interests may not be matched by our actions. Certainly
Accellera and its key member corporations will be solicited to fund
VHDL-200x LRM editing work beyond VHPI. That is likely to be an
unavoidable referendum on their interests vs. the DASC.

I agree with Dave Barton that it is corporate interests that are the
source of conflicts anyway, not Accellera per se. Accellera represents
a pooling of interests and funding to advance industry EDA agenda and it
is a valuable resource. The DASC should see this as more of an
opportunity than a problem. It would nice if the industry and the IEEE
through its societies adequately funded standards activities where the
agenda was set by individuals in the IEEE (via the DASC) without
prejudice. That is just not a realistic context.

Regards,
John Shields

On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 03:08, Evan Lavelle wrote:
> It seems to me that the interests and aims of Accellera and the DASC may
> not be entirely convergent. Given this, it seems possible that some
> members of the DASC may have a conflict of interests.
>
> Given this, I would like to establish:
>
> 1) How much funding DASC receives from Accellera
> 2) How important this funding is to the operation of DASC
> 3) Which DASC members have positions within Accellera, paid or otherwise
> 4) Which NESCOM members have positions within Accellera, paid or otherwise
>
> Peter - is this information readily available and, if so, can you
> provide it?
>
> Thanks
>
> Evan Lavelle
>
Received on Mon Jun 14 14:30:31 2004