System Design with SystemC

• Main Authors: Gr©œtker, Thorsten. (Author), Liao, Stan. (Author), Martin, Grant. (Author), Swan, Stuart. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer hardware.; Computer-aided engineering.; Electrical engineering.; Electronic circuits.; Circuits and Systems.; Computer Hardware.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.; Electrical Engineering.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

I am honored and delighted to write the foreword to this very first book about SystemC. It is now an excellent time to summarize what SystemC really is and what it can be used for. The main message in the area of design in the 2001 International Te- nologyRoadmapfor Semiconductors (ITRS) isthatỚSc...

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals of SystemC
• Models of Computation
• Classical Hardware Modeling in SystemC
• Functional Modeling
• Parameterized Modules and Channels
• Interface and Channel Design
• Transaction-Level Modeling
• Communication Refinement
• Testbenches, Tracing, and Debugging
• Conclusions and the Future of SystemC.