Standards for system-level design: practical reality or solution in search of a question?

We address the issue of standards development for the system-level design space. System-level design IP re-use standards are key to the future of the VSIA. However, the concept of system-level standards has its share of sceptics: what role can standards play in this developing market segment? In response we present an overview of three standards in the system-level VC integration space, and describe two distinct industrial case studies to support their practicality.