Get IEEE 1685 launches to provide industry with free access to standard for automated design environments

PISCATAWAY, USA: The IEEE has launched the Get IEEE 1685, a website where users can download the current version of the standard free of charge.

IEEE 1685 is the first standard description of Intellectual Property blocks in highly automated design environments and provides the electronics industry with a way to make the use of IP blocks both easier and more affordable.

The standard is based on material originally developed by The SPIRIT Consortium, now part of Accellera, which transferred its copyright to the IEEE to facilitate the completion of a standard that would be widely accepted by industry.

IEEE 1685, "Standard for IP-XACT, Standard Structure for Packaging, Integrating and Re-Using IP Within Tool-Flows," describes an XML Schema for meta-data documenting Intellectual Property (IP) used in the development, implementation and verification of electronic systems and an Application Programming Interface (API) to provide tool access to the meta-data.

"Like the popular Get IEEE 802 program before it, this is a great opportunity to accelerate the distribution of IEEE 1685 and potentially speed up its deployment and implementation" said Judith Gorman, Managing Director of the IEEE Standards Association.

"The rapid worldwide dissemination of the 1685 standard will create benefits for all users and contribute to creating a robust environment and ecosystem around the use of the standard. This will benefit everyone in the electronics industry."

"IP is becoming an increasingly valuable part of System on a Chip designs," said Shrenik Mehta, Accellera Chair. "Our expanded partnership with the IEEE now enables the worldwide design community to download the first IP-focused IEEE 1685 standard for free."

Get IEEE 1685 is made possible thanks to the financial support of Accellera.

The Get IEEE 1685 provides free access to the current, active version of the standard in PDF form at no cost to end-users. IEEE retains the copyright on the standard.