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The Definitive Guide To Systemc: The Systemc Language

This document summarizes a track from a guide on SystemC and the SystemC language. It discusses core concepts like interfaces, blocking versus non-blocking calls, and provides an example of modeling a bus with masters, slaves, and a shared bus channel. It defines master and slave interfaces, and shows how the bus controller process handles requests from masters in a round-robin fashion notifying them when they have access to the bus.

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The Definitive Guide To Systemc: The Systemc Language

This document summarizes a track from a guide on SystemC and the SystemC language. It discusses core concepts like interfaces, blocking versus non-blocking calls, and provides an example of modeling a bus with masters, slaves, and a shared bus channel. It defines master and slave interfaces, and shows how the bus controller process handles requests from masters in a round-robin fashion notifying them when they have access to the bus.

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Track 3: ESL and SystemC

The Definitive Guide to SystemC:


The SystemC Language

David C Black, Doulos

Track 3: The Definitive Guide to SystemC


The SystemC Language

Introduction to SystemC
Core Concepts and Syntax
Bus Modeling
Master and slave interfaces
Blocking versus non-blocking
Multiports

Odds and Ends

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Example Bus Model

Multiple bus masters (modules), shared bus (channel), multiple slaves (channels)
Bus arbitration and memory mapping built into the bus

source0 proc1
Master Master Interfaces

Required
Bus master interface
Provided
clock
Bus

Required
Bus slave interface
Provided
ram0 ram1
Slave Slave
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Master Interface Definition

source0 proc1
Master Master
id = 0 id = 1

clock
Bus

class master_if : virtual public sc_interface


{
public:
virtual void write(sc_uint<8> address, sc_uint<12> data,
int id) = 0;
virtual void read (sc_uint<8> address, sc_uint<12> &data,
int id) = 0;
};
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Slave Interface Definition

clock
Bus

ram0 ram1
Slave Slave

class slave_if : virtual public sc_interface


{
public:
virtual void slave_write(sc_uint<8> address, sc_uint<12> data) = 0;
virtual void slave_read (sc_uint<8> address, sc_uint<12> &data) = 0;
virtual void get_map(unsigned int &start, unsigned int &size) = 0;
};
Memory map managed within bus channel 60
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Master Write and Read


Array of flags
source0 proc1
Master Master request[0] bool
id = 0 id = 1
request[1] bool

Array of events
clock proceed[0] sc_event
Bus
proceed[1] sc_event

Runs in the context of the caller


void Bus::write(sc_uint<8> address, sc_uint<12> data, int id)
{
request[id] = true; // request access to the bus
wait(proceed[id]); // wait for permission
request[id] = false; // clear the flag
slave_port[find_port(address)]->slave_write(address, data);
}
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Blocking and Non-blocking Calls

An Interface Method Call runs in the context of the caller Important!

ASI terminology:

A blocking method may call wait


A blocking method must be called from a thread process

A non-blocking method must not call wait


A non-blocking method may be called from a thread or method process
Naming convention nb_*

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Bus Controller Process

void Bus::control_bus()
{
int highest;
for (;;)
{
wait(clock->posedge_event());

// Pick out a master that's made a request


highest = -1;
for (int i = 0; i < n_masters; i++)
if (request[i])
highest = i;

// Notify the master with the highest id


if (highest > -1)
proceed[highest].notify();
}
}
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