Wednesday
Morning – January 19, 2005
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Presenter |
Comments |
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Call VSO meeting to order Introductions, Agenda Review Announcements, Minutes Approval |
Elwood Parsons, VSO Chair |
Elwood called the meeting to order and asked members to
introduce themselves. After the
introductions the minutes from the last meeting were approved as posted. The agenda was reviewed and adjusted
to accommodate speakerÕs commitments.
No announcements were made. |
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ÒSoftware
Verification, Validation and Test (V, V&T) in Medical DevicesÓ |
Wade Peterson, Silicore |
Wade Peterson, author of the VMEbus Handbook, gave a
presentation on software verification and validation. Regulatory requirements in the
medical device market are forcing companies to provide a means for proving
the reliability of the software in the device. |
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Hermann Strass, VITA Europe |
Hermann Strass reported on the status of activities in
Europe. |
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Executive Director Report* |
Ray Alderman, VITA |
Ray Alderman updated members on the results of the
Bus&Board 2005 conference and provided members with his perspective of
the market for 2005. Ray
promised additional details in a forthcoming email. |
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Technical Director Report |
John Rynearson, VITA |
John reviewed the status of standards in the ANSI process
and previously approved standards that are up for their 5 year review. |
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IP Issues* -
Patent
Policy Review -
Call
for Patent Disclosures -
Review
of RAND Issues |
John Rynearson, VITA |
John reviewed the VSO and ANSI patent policies. John urged members to disclose
patents as soon in the process as possible so that the working group can make
an informed decision regarding the technology. John asked for patent disclosures. None were made. No RAND issues were discussed. |
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VITA Marketing Group (VMG) Report |
Doug Patterson, SBS |
No report was given. Doug recently changed companies and
no longer represents SBS. |
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Dean Holman, Mercury Computers |
Dean reported on the status of VITA 17.2. |
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Bob Tufford, Motorola |
Bob reported on the status of VITA 41. Mac Rush reviewed the results of the
VITA 41.4, PCI Express on VXS, and discussed issues with implementing PCI
Express in a VXS backplane. |
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VITA 42, XMC Update* |
Greg Novak, Motorola |
Greg reported on the status of VITA 42. VITA 42.0, XMC, has been approved by
the working group and moved to the ANSI process. VITA 42.2, Serial RapidIO, and VITA 42.3, PCI-Express have
completed working group ballots and will be discussed at the Thursday working
group meeting. |
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(* no overhead presentation
was given)
12 NOON – Lunch
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Ken Boyette, Critia |
Ken gave a presentation for putting Hypertransport on
XMC. A sign-up
list was circulated and three sponsors were obtained to start the working
group. |
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Stewart Dewar, Curtiss-Wright Ivan Straznicky, Curtiss-Wright Ivan Straznicky, Curtiss-Wright |
Stewart gave a report on the status of VITA 46. Ivan reported on testing so far. Ivan presented conclusions related to 2 level maintenance
and 0.80 and 0.85 spacing. A signup list was
circulated for the formation of V46.5, Hypertransport Protocol on VITA 46. |
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Randy Banton, Mercury Computers |
Randy updated the group on the status of VITA 48. |
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Randy Banton, Mercury Computers for Steve Pereira,
Mercury Computers |
Randy gave a report for Steve Pereira regarding the
status of VITA 49, Digitial IF.
The group is working on the protocol. |
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Rex Harvey, Parker |
Rex reviewed the effort so far. |
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VITA 51, Reliability Prediction* |
Gerry Thomas, CRANE |
Gerry reported that the group will have a full day meeting
in March to further outline the effort. |
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VITA 52, Lead Free* |
Jim Robles, Boeing |
The following companies have agreed to sponsor the
working group: Boeing, CRANE,
and Foxconn. Jim discussed how
the VSO might liaison with other similar efforts. |
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Adjourn VSO Meeting |
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The VSO meeting was adjourned until Thursday morning. |
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Working Group Meetings |
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Wednesday VITA 46 VITA 48 VITA 50 Thursday VITA 42 |
Stewart Dewar, Curtiss-Wright Randy Banton, Mercury Computer Rex Harvey, Parker Greg Novak |
VSO attendees should contact the chairs of the respective
meetings to obtain minutes and presentations of those meetings |
(* no overhead presentation
was given)
Thursday
Morning - January 20, 2005
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Call VSO
to Order -
Announcements |
Elwood
Parsons, VSO Chair |
Elwood
called the meeting to order at 8:30 AM. |
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Future Meetings & Other VSO Business |
VSO Chair |
John Rynearson presented the schedule for the rest of the
meetings for 2005. The March
meeting will be held in Scottsdale and attendees are urged to make the hotel
reservations now at the Resort Suites.
The VITA 51, Reliability Prediction will have a full day session on
Thursday. |
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Adjourn VSO Meeting |
VSO Chair |
The meeting was adjourned. |