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Monday, February 14, 2005
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM • Donner Ballroom
Tutorial 4 - Transaction-Level Modelling with the New OSCI SystemC TLM Standard
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Each attendee will receive a free SystemC v2.1 Golden Reference Guide
(normal price $50) at the tutorial.
One of the major benefits of SystemC is the ability to model at the transaction level (TLM), where the use of simple function calls in communication modeling brings gains in both coding productivity and simulation speed. But the introduction of new modeling paradigms brings with it the need for new modelling standards, and the introduction of TLM interface standards has become one of the top priorities within the Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI) in recent years.

The TLM standard is now here and is being adopted. The OSCI TLM interface standard extends the practical value of the SystemC class library by providing a standard modeling kit for the construction of TLM interfaces, thus reducing the work needed to construct new interfaces and increasing the opportunities for interopability. At the same time, the release of version 2.1 of the SystemC class library has added new features which extend the utility of SystemC for transaction level modelling.

This tutorial introduces and explains version 2.1 of the SystemC class library, transaction level modeling and the new OSCI TLM Standard, and gives practical tips on how to best use the new TLM Standard.

Presenters:

John Aynsley - Doulos Ltd., Hampshire, UK
Stuart Swan - Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA