VSO Minutes (Revision 1.1)

Wednesday Morning – November 17, 2004

Subject		Presenter		Comments
Call VSO meeting to order Introductions, Agenda Review Announcements, Minutes Approval		Elwood Parsons, VSO Chair		Elwood called the meeting to order at 8:35 AM and asked members to introduce themselves. After introductions the agenda was reviewed and time slots for Bob Downing and Rex Harvey were added. No announcements were made. The minutes from the last VSO meeting were approved as submitted.
Executive Director Report		Ray Alderman, VITA		B&B 2005 is booking out. Several sponsorships available. AMD is coming to embedded market. There is interest in putting hypertransport on VME P0. MEECC will be in Long Beach in May 2005. Tremendous interest. Pete Yeatman is helping to coordinate the event.
Technical Director Report - Standards Review - Hints for Successful Telecons		John Rynearson, VITA		Status report of standards in the ANSI process. Suggestions and hints for using telecoms to develop standards.
VSO PP Proposal		Elwood Parsons, VSO Chair		Elwood made a motion to add meeting notification language (see below) to the VSO Policies and Procedures after the first paragraph of section 7.1.5. The motion was seconded by Rex Harvey, Parker. Elwood noted that it was important from a legal standpoint for the VSO to have clear meeting notification language in its procedures. After discussion the motion passed all-in-favor. The following language will be added after the 1^st paragraph in section 7.1.5 per the motion. ≥The date, time, and place of such meetings, if held in person, must be transmitted to the working group members 15 days or more in advance. In the case of teleconference or other electronic media meetings, notice must be transmitted to the working group members 48 hours or more in advance. Complete meeting contgract information must be included with each notice.≤
IP Issues - Patent Policy Review - Call for Patent Disclosures - Review of RAND Issues		John Rynearson, VITA		VSO Patent Policy. No patents were disclosed. RAND Issues. A review of active projects and their IP status.
Boeing Efforts on Lead Free Electronics		Jim Robles, Boeing		Boeing Efforts on Lead Free Electronics. Jim noted that although there are exemptions to the requirements to transitioning to lead free electronics in the future, the reality is that as the majority of consumer processes go lead-free, the rest of the industry will have to following.
VITA Marketing Group (VMG) Report	Doug Patterson, SBS		Doug noted that the VMG has released a technology roadmap (see VITA website). A presentation will be made at B&B 2005. Additional material is being planned to support the roadmap.
VITA 5.2 Raceway Update		Tony Lavely, Mercury Computers		No report given.
New Electronics		Bob Downing, Consultant		Bob discussed a new project that the particle physics community was starting and the opportunities that would be available for embedded electronic module manufacturers.
VITA 41, VXS Report	Bob Tufford, Motorola		VITA 41.0, VXS, is in the ANSI process. Balloting will start shortly. Initial drafts have been completed for VITA 41.3, PCI-Express and VITA 41.4, Gbit Enet on VXS. Work continues on VITA 41.11, Rear Transition Modules.
VITA 42, XMC Update (no presentation)	Greg Novak, Motorola		VITA 42.0, XMC, completed a working group ballot. Several changes were made and it will be submitted to a recirculation ballot and then will be submitted to the ANSI process. The ≥dot≤ draft standards are being cleanup and will be submitted to the working group ballots soon.

12 NOON – Lunch

VITA 46, Status Report	Stewart Dewar, Curtiss-Wright	The 3^rd draft of VITA 46.0 has been completed and is out for comment. Power options are under discussion. Simulation and routeability studies need to be addressed.
VITA 48, ERDI Report	Randy Banton, Mercury Computers	The draft has been revised. New participants include Northrop-Grumman and Smiths. CAD modeling being used to exchanged detailed information. Letter of Assurance (LOA) has been received by VITA office re: patented technology.
VITA 49, Digital IF Report	Randy Banton for Stephen Pereira, Mercury Computer	A number of face-to-face meetings have taken place. The group is developing a definition of the streaming data frame. The group hopes to have a draft standard within 6 months.
VITA 50, Best Practices – Electronic Cooling	Rex Harvey, Parker	Rex has been gathering information and is developing an outline.

Thursday Morning - November 18, 2004

Breakfast, 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM

Subject	Presenter	Presentation/Comments
Call VSO to Order - Announcements	Elwood Parsons, VSO Chair	Elwood called the meeting to order at 8:35 AM. No announcements were made.
Study/Working Group Next Step(s) - VITA 5.2, Raceway - VITA 17.2, 10 Gbit Serial FPDP - VITA 34, New Framework - VITA 41, VXS - VITA 42, XMC - VITA 46, VPX - VITA 48, ERDI - VITA 49, Digital IF - VITA 50, Liquid Cooling – Best Practices - VITA 51S, Reliability Predictions	Respective Chairs	Chairs gave summary reports on their projects. See Wednesdayπs minutes for details.
Future Meetings & Other VSO Business	John Rynearson, VITA	Meeting location and dates for Jan, May, Sep, and Nov have been determined. The March meeting will be scheduled for Scottsdale. The July meeting will be scheduled in Vancouver.
Optional Power Architectures for Embedded Computing	Ray Orr, Potentia	Ray reviewed the results of using various supply voltages.
Adjourn VSO Meeting	VSO Chair	The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 AM.
Other Meetings VITA 42, XMC VITA 46 VITA 48, ERDI VITA 50, Cooling VITA 51, Reliability VITA Marketing Group		VSO attendees should contact the chairs of the respective meetings to obtain minutes and presentations of those meetings.