The IBIS Open Forum is pleased to announce that the IBIS Interconnect=20 Modeling Specification (ICM) version 1.0 has been approved and is now=20 available for download. The specification text can be found in a=20 variety of formats at: http://www.eda.org/pub/ibis/icm_ver1.0/ The ICM specification permits model authors to represent a=20 wide variety of interconnects, including connectors, cables and=20 packages, in an ASCII-based, human-readable format. =20 Interconnect topologies can be described using implicit (tree) or=20 explicit (nodal) connections, and conductor swathing is supported. =20 Coupling can be represented by RLGC matrices or S-parameter data=20 in Touchstone(R) format.=20 A golden parser is in development. Please feel free to address comments to the IBIS reflector, to me=20 or to any officer of the IBIS Open Forum. - Michael Mirmak Intel Corporation Chair, EIA/IBIS Open Forum ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu