System Design with SystemC

• Main Authors: Grötker, Thorsten (Author), Liao, Stan (Author), Martin, Grant (Author), Swan, Stuart (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer hardware.; Computer-aided engineering.; Electrical engineering.; Electronic circuits.; Circuits and Systems.; Computer Hardware.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.; Electrical Engineering.

I am honored and delighted to write the foreword to this very first book about SystemC. It is now an excellent time to summarize what SystemC really is and what it can be used for. The main message in the area of design in the 2001 International Te- nologyRoadmapfor Semiconductors (ITRS) isthat“cost...