Importance of standards (tutorial session)

ABSTRACT

Design Automation (DA) standards are desperately needed by government and industry. The need for standards has reached a critical threshold as evidenced by the intensity of interest in standards work. Key technical people from all sections of the engineering community are voicing their ideas, and cooperating on a scale never before witnessed. Much progress has been made in standards development. This paper will discuss that work, some of the rationale behind the work, and the current status and accomplishments of one IEEE Standards Committee.

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• HITS_82: HITS Specification, AT 770-ISI- 001, Naval Air Engineering Center, Lakehurst, N J, November 1982.
• IEC: Vlietstra, J~, Minutes of the International Electro-Technical Committee $C3B/WG2, AT&T Philips Telecommunications, Netherlands, October 1983 and April 1984.
• IEC_83: IGES Printed Circuit Board/ Schematic information Model, IGES Commit t e e.
• IPC: Minutes of the IPC CAD/ATE Interface Standards Subcommittee, July 1983, August 1983, and April 1984.
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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  J. Computer Applications

Additional Classification:
  B. Hardware
  B.6 LOGIC DESIGN
      B.6.3 Design Aids
          Subjects: Hardware description languages

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.1 THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY
      Subjects: Standards

General Terms:
Design, Languages, Performance, Standardization, Theory