The IBIS Open Forum has completed and is now reviewing a new draft document called the IBIS Interconnect Modeling Specification (ICM). In brief, the ICM specification permits model authors to represent a wide variety of interconnects, including connectors, cables and packages, using a regular, ASCII-based, human-readable format. Interconnect topologies can be described using implicit (tree) or explicit (nodal) connections, and conductor swathing is supported. Coupling can be represented through RLGC matrices or S-parameter data in Touchstone(R) format. This new specification is a significant improvement on the current IBIS EBD and PKG formats. In order to help make it as useful as possible to the industry, the IBIS Open Forum requests your input. Please take a moment to review the draft specification, available at the following location: http://www.eda.org/pub/ibis/connector/ Comments may be sent to the IBIS reflector, to me or to any IBIS Open Forum officer. Your feedback is important! The Open Forum intends to vote on approving or disapproving the specification on or before August 29. Thank you in advance for your support. - Michael Mirmak michael.mirmak@xxxxxxxxx Intel Corp. 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