FYI: 1285 balloting is solicited.

Bob Snively Bob.Snively at Eng.Sun.COM
Sun Feb 26 19:03:27 PST 1995


WARNING:		SHORT DEADLINE

I was disappointed that this was not circulated more widely, since
formally X3T10 is supposed to perform liaison with P1285.  If you
are interested in this activity, please review the balloting
information below, noting the short deadline.

If you need more info on this, contact Martin or me.


Bob Snively
Sun Microsystems Computer Company
Mail Stop UMPK 12-204
2550 Garcia Avenue
Mountain View
California 94043-1100

Phone:		(415) 786-6694
FAX:		(415) 786-6458
e-mail:		bob.snively at Eng.sun.com



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       INVITATION TO BALLOT IEEE P1285: STANDARD FOR SCALABLE STORAGE



Below is an invitation to ballot for IEEE P1285. You may sign up by
filling in the blanks and sending the result to r.tennis at ieee.org being
sure to put P1285 as the subject of the email. Actually, only the lines
that begin with a "*" need to be included. I have included what I sent
to r.tennis at ieee.org at the end of this email.



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*The Microprocessor and Microcomputer Standards Committee
of the IEEE Computer Society Invites You to Ballot on


*P1285:   Standard for Scalable Storage Interface

*Return deadline:        March 2, 1995

SCOPE:  Define a new scalable interface for use with future physically
small-sized, memory-mapped, non-volatile storage units; the interface to be
suitable for direct attachment to printed circuit boards.  The term
"storage unit" can encompass rotating storage (such as a disk drive) or
non-rotating, non-volatile storage (such as Flash memory).  The interface
is intended for use with either a single storage unit or with many
coordinated storage units.  Issues of concurrancy, latency, bandwidth,
extensibility, negotiation and partitioning, among others, will be
addressed.  Support is to be provided for deterministically scheduling data
transfers, including data transfers spanning large numbers of units.

PURPOSE:  Small-sized storage units attached directly to printed circuit
boards require a new interface architecture that allows elimination of
today's connectors and cables, for reasons of cost, size, reliability, etc.
An interface model in which storage units become part of main memory,
rather than attachments to an I/O channel, represents a paradigm shift
which simplifies the storage unit design and can support scheduling of data
transfers spanning large numbers of units.  The increasing demands placed
on storage performance by real-time applications underscore the need for
support in future systems of data transfer scheduling which may be
deterministic.


*Your Category of Interest in this Standards Ballot (i.e. do you, or did
you ever, use or produce the items in this standard?):

User
Producer
Academic
General Interest

(Note:  Please choose only ONE of the above.  If you have any combination
of Interests, check the General Interest Category)
Please print clearly, or type:
*New information?     Yes or   No
*[Mr./Mrs./Ms.,/Dr./Capt../Maj./Other________]
*Name:  First:
*MI:
*Last:
.
*Company:
*Phone:
*FAX:
*Mailing Address:

*EMail:



*IEEE or Computer Society Membership Number:
*Check here if not a member of IEEE or the Computer Society

Balloter's Responsibility
If you become part of the  balloting body, you will have 30 days to review
and respond to the draft.  In order for the Sponsor Ballot to be valid, at
least 75% of the ballots sent must be returned.  For that reason:  VOTERS
HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO RESPOND AND NON-RESPONDERS MAY BE DROPPED FROM THE
BALLOTING POOL WITHOUT NOTICE. Eligible voters are members of the IEEE or
Computer Society and non-members will comment as Parties of Interest. For
Membership Application, Call (908) 562-3811.

*Signature:
*Date


Please return by  March 2, 1995 to:  Rosemary Tennis IEEE Standards Office,
445 Hoes Lane, PO. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ  08855-1331; V: 908 562 3811,
F:  908/562-1571, E:  r.tennis at ieee.org

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EXAMPLE:

Martin Freeman's email to r.tennis at ieee.org:

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>From martin Wed Feb 15 18:37:35 1995
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 95 18:37:32 PST
From: martin (Martin Freeman)
To: r.tennis at ieee.org
Subject: P1285
Cc: martin
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*The Microprocessor and Microcomputer Standards Committee
of the IEEE Computer Society Invites You to Ballot on

*P1285:   Standard for Scalable Storage Interface

*Return deadline:        March 2, 1995
 
*Your Category of Interest in this Standards Ballot (i.e. do you, or did
you ever, use or produce the items in this standard?): General Interest

*New information?     Yes 
*[Mr./Mrs./Ms.,/Dr./Capt../Maj./Other___Dr._____]
*Name:  First: Martin
*MI:
*Last: Freeman

*Company: Philips Research
*Phone: (415) 354-0329
*FAX:   (415) 354-0309
*Mailing Address: 4005 Miranda Avenue
                  Palo Alto, CA 94304
*EMail: martin at prpa.philips.com

*IEEE or Computer Society Membership Number: 5259668
*Check here if not a member of IEEE or the Computer Society

*Signature: Martin Freeman
*Date: February 15, 1995





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