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TLM Becomes an IEEE Standard

Posted Nov 10, 2011, by Dennis Brophy

IEEE Announces Revision to IEEE 1666™ – Adds Transaction-Level Modeling Support A significant step forward to address standards for advanced system-on-chip (SoC) designs has taken place by the IEEE.  The IEEE announced the new revision of the SystemC standard, known as IEEE 1666™-2011, has been approved.  While it is a revision of the current SystemC standard, IEEE 1666™-2005, the major new feature … Read More

Tags: SystemC, TLM, Accellera, 1666, OVM, TLM 1.0, TLM 2.0, UVM, OSCI, Verification Academy

Accellera & OSCI Unite

Posted Jun 21, 2011, by Dennis Brophy

System Standards Worlds Initiate Unification Accellera, who brought us SystemVerilog, and the Open SystemC Imitative (OSCI), who brought us SystemC have made known their intent to unite to form a single front-end electronic design automation (EDA) standards organization.  You can read their joint press release here. While this may come as a surprise to many, one thing has remained … Read More

Tags: SystemC, TLM, Accellera, 1666, UVM, OSCI, DAC, DATE

SystemC Day 2011 Videos Available Now

Posted Apr 15, 2011, by Dennis Brophy

Watch DVCon Co-Located Event Presentations Two presentations from the second annual SystemC Day at DVCon 2011 are available now.  The first presentation is the keynote by Jim Hogan, serial EDA entrepreneur at Vista Ventures, LLC and the second is an introduction to the emerging IEEE Std. 1666™, SystemC standard by Jim Aynsley at Doulos.  SystemC Day brought users together to discuss the current state … Read More

Tags: SystemC, esl, 1666, OSCI, SoC, Jim Aynsley, Jim Hogan

DVCon: The Present and the Future

Posted Feb 22, 2011, by Dennis Brophy

Open SystemC Initiative Tackles the Future If you have examined the DVCon program, you know that it is a week full of the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM).  And I certainly encourage those with an interest in UVM to attend the Monday tutorial and the technical conference the next few days.  But you may also want to bring a colleague to attend the SystemC Day activities. For SystemC Day at … Read More

Tags: UVM, Jim Hogan, NASCUG, DVCon, TLM, OSCI, SystemC

North American SystemC User Group (NASCUG) Meeting at DAC

Posted May 24, 2010, by Dennis Brophy

You Are Invited – Register Now! (seating is limited) Sunday, June 13 2:30pm - 6:00pm Anaheim Hilton, California Ballroom A Anaheim, California www.nascug.org On the Sunday before DAC, the North American SystemC User’s Group (NASCUG) will hold NASCUG XIII and they invites all DAC attendees to this special event featuring the latest advancements in sustainable and flexible solutions for ESL design. As … Read More

Tags: TLM, cci, DAC, AMS, OSCI, EDAC, NASCUG

SystemC Day Videos from DVCon Available Now

Posted Apr 22, 2010, by Dennis Brophy

Noted EDA analyst and guru Gary Smith delivered keynote address: “ESL: Where We Are and Where We’re Going” OSCI sponsored the first annual SystemC Day at DVCon 2010.  The presentations were video recorded and are available for free for those who missed DVCon or who may wish to see them again.  Gary Smith’s presentation (registration required) and OSCI chair, Eric Lish’s OSCI Update lead the video … Read More

Tags: OSCI, TLM

SystemC Day at DVCon

Posted Feb 10, 2010, by Dennis Brophy

SystemC User Group Meeting & DVCon Tutorial Featured The Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI), an independent non-profit organization dedicated to support and advance SystemC™ as an industry-standard language for electronic system-level (ESL) design, announced its lineup of events at DVCon 2010, most notably the first annual SystemC Day on Monday, Feb. 22. Mentor Graphics is one of the sponsors for the … Read More

Tags: DVCon, NASCUG, OSCI

Three Perfect 10’s

Posted Jan 31, 2010, by Dennis Brophy

No, this is not an early Olympics update. But none the less, these three organizations have all earned 10’s.   Thursday, 28 January 2010 at EDSFair, JEITA EDA-TC the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association’s standards group, celebrated their 10-year anniversary.  The JEITA EDA-TC collaborates with the IEEE, Accellera and the Open SystemC Initiative.  During the EDSFair … Read More

Tags: EDSFair, Accellera, OSCI, JEITA