IPSIM: SystemC 3.0 enhancements for communication refinement [SoC design]

Author

Coppola, Marcello ; Curaba, Stephane ; Grammatikakis, Miltos ; Maruccia, Giuseppe

Author_Institution

AST Grenoble Lab, ST Microelectron., Grenoble, France

fYear

2003

fDate

2003

Firstpage

106

Abstract

Refinement is a key methodology for SoC design. The proposed IPSIM design environment, based on a C++ modeling library developed on top of SystemC 3.0, supports an object-oriented design methodology, separates IP modules into behavior and communication components, and further establishes two inter-module communication layers. The message box layer includes generic and system-specific communication, while the driver layer implements higher level user-defined communications as illustrated in a design example.

Keywords

C++ language; high level synthesis; integrated circuit modelling; logic simulation; system-on-chip; C++ modeling library; IP module behavior component; IPSIM design environment; SoC communication refinement; SoC hardware modeling; SystemC 3.0 enhancements; communication components; driver layer; high level user-defined communications; inter-module communication layers; message box layer; object-oriented design methodology; system-on-chip; Clocks; Design methodology; Driver circuits; Hardware; Libraries; Manufacturing; Microelectronics; Object oriented modeling; Runtime; System-on-a-chip;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, 2003

ISSN

1530-1591

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1870-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DATE.2003.1186680

Filename

1186680