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This document summarizes Lecture 6 of the EECS222 course on embedded system modeling. It introduces SystemC, an open-source C++ library for modeling electronic systems. The lecture covers an overview of SystemC, including its goals, standardization body, and abstraction levels. It also describes a presentation on the SystemC language given by Stuart Swan of Cadence. Finally, it outlines the third homework assignment, which involves translating a producer-consumer example from SpecC to SystemC.

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Lecture6 PDF

This document summarizes Lecture 6 of the EECS222 course on embedded system modeling. It introduces SystemC, an open-source C++ library for modeling electronic systems. The lecture covers an overview of SystemC, including its goals, standardization body, and abstraction levels. It also describes a presentation on the SystemC language given by Stuart Swan of Cadence. Finally, it outlines the third homework assignment, which involves translating a producer-consumer example from SpecC to SystemC.

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EECS222: Embedded System Modeling Lecture 6

EECS 222:
Embedded System Modeling
Lecture 6

Rainer Dömer

[email protected]

The Henry Samueli School of Engineering


Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, Irvine

Lecture 6: Overview
• SystemC System Description Language
– SystemC Overview
– Resources

• Introduction to the SystemC Language


– Presentation by Stuart Swan, Cadence

• Homework Assignment 3
– Producer-consumer example in SystemC

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SystemC Overview
• Goals
– Common C++ Modeling Platform
• System level modeling
• Register Transfer Level (RTL) modeling
– Seamless Co-Design of Hardware and Software
– Intellectual Property (IP) Reuse
– Free licensing, Open Source
– Standard, de-facto and official
• Accellera Systems Initiative
– Formerly Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI)
– Standardization body and consortium of leading companies
• Synopsys, Cadence, CoWare, Frontier, ...
• Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Infineon, NEC, …
– Open community
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SystemC Overview
• System-Level Description Language
– C++ class library, layered software architecture
– Hierarchy of modules connected by ports
– Communication via interfaces and channels
– Discrete Event Simulation
• Abstraction Levels, Modeling Methodology
– Untimed Model
– Transaction-level Model
– Bus-functional Model
– Cycle-accurate Model

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SystemC Overview
• Online Resources (EECS 222 course website)
– Accellera Systems Initiative, SystemC Standardization Body
– SystemC Standard Language Reference Manual
• IEEE 1666-2011 (free download)
 SystemC: From the Ground Up (2nd edition)
 Text book (free download from UCI network)
– SystemC 2.0:
• Introduction, functional specification, user's guide
– SystemC 2.1:
• Overview and features
– SystemC 2.3.1: (recent version, installed on servers)
• New features 2011
– SystemC TLM-2.0:
• Introduction, whitepaper, and requirements

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Introduction to SystemC
• Presentation by Stuart Swan,
Cadence, 2002
– Goals and Requirements
– History and Organization
– Versions, Contents, Coverage
– Language Architecture
– Modeling, Models of Computation, Examples
– Communication Refinement
– Outlook
• Example:
– simple_fifo.cpp

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Homework Assignment 3
• Task: Introduction to SystemC Language and Simulation
• Steps
– SystemC library installed at /opt/pkg/systemc-2.3.1/
– Study and simulate the simple_fifo reference example
– Build and simulate a Producer-Consumer example
• Producer sends “Beans and Potatoes” to consumer
 Translate the SpecC model of Assignment 2 to SystemC
– Reference model ~eecs222/public/ProdCons.sc
 Use the same structure and functionality
 Use the same simple protocol with Ack, Req, and Data
 Hint: For notifications use Ack.notify(SC_ZERO_TIME)
• Deliverables
– Source and log file: ProdCons.cpp, ProdCons.log
• Due
– January 30, 2019, 6pm
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