From: curry@bugsbunny.bnr.ca (Simon Curry)
Subject: VIUF Conference Spring 1993
Followup-To: curry@bnr.ca
Originator: curry@bcrkd11
Keywords: vhdl, viuf
Organization: Bell Northern Research
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 13:56:54 GMT


VHDL International Users' Forum
Spring 1993 Conference
Sponsored by VHDL International

"Making VHDL a Commercial Reality"
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April 28 - 30, 1993
Chateau Laurier Hotel
Ottawa, Canada
To be held immediately following the 
IFIP Conference on Hardware Description Languages (CHDL)

The Conference 
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VHDL has emerged as the standard for performing high-level design and
the recently-adopted changes in the language specification have helped
fill the gaps in the original standard. Now, as more and more
designers are becoming proficient at using an HDL-based design
methodology and as EDA vendors' tools continue to mature, its
popularity has grown beyond its roots as a DoD-mandated format.

This edition of the bi-annual VIUF will focus on the commercial
implementation of a VHDL-based design methodology. Participants will
explore the issues, obstacles and benefits in using VHDL to design
custom ICs, ASICs and systems in the context of the high-pressure
electronics products industry.

The conference will include an emphasis on users' experiences with
VHDL for a broad range of applications.

Technical Program
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Abstracts for presentations, panel discussions or user experience
sessions are invited for (but not limited to) the following topics:

o Timing issues in VHDL	                o F22 design experiences
o VHDL synthesis and test synthesis 	o Using VHDL for architectural design
o Solving the ASIC library challenge	o Addressing simulation performance
o Implementing VHDL `92	                o Migrating from Verilog to VHDL
o ASIC design with VHDL	                o Making VHDL easier to use
	
Proposals for half-day tutorials covering VHDL modeling, VHDL from a
manager's perspective and the use of VHDL in the design process are
also invited.

Participation
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All interested parties are invited to attend and are encouraged to
present issues and experiences on any of the topic areas.
Participation by DoD program/contract managers, industry
managers/project engineers, digital IC and systems designers, and tool
developers is welcome. NOTE: If selected for presentation, a single
camera-ready copy of each speaker's paper will be required for
reproduction and distribution to all attendees.

Response Dates
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	PAPERS DUE                      Jan. 15, 1993
	NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE      Feb. 1, 1993
	*FINAL PAPERS DUE               Mar. 12, 1993

*Please note that this meeting requires complete papers to be included
the conference proceedings.

For more details
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Conference chair                Program chair           Tutorials chair
Victor Berman                   Simon Curry             Paul Menchini
Cadence Design Systems          Bell Northern Research  CLSI Solutions
2 Lowell Research Ctr. Dr.      PO Box 3511, Station C  2 Davis Drive
Lowell, MA 01852                Ottawa, Ontario	        RTP, NC 27709
                                Canada K1Y 4H7		
(508) 934-0276                  (613) 763-2981          (919) 990-9506
(508) 441-1109 fax              (613) 763-7241 fax      (919) 990-8561 fax
berman@cadence.com              curry@bnr.ca            mench@clsi.com