Transaction-Level Modeling with SystemC: TLM Concepts and Applications for Embedded Systems

by Frank Ghenassia (Editor)

Overview

Currently employed at STMicroelectronics, Transactional-Level Modeling (TLM) puts forward a novel SoC design methodology beyond RTL with measured improvements of productivity and first time silicon success.

The SystemC consortium has published the official TLM development kit in May 2005 to standardize this modeling technique. The library is flexible enough to model components and systems at many different levels of abstractions: from cycle-accurate to untimed models, and from bit-true behavior to floating-point algorithms. However, careful selection of the abstraction level and associated methodology is crucial to ensure practical gains for design teams.

Transaction-Level Modeling with SystemC presents the formalized abstraction and related methodology defined at STMicroelectronics, and covers all major topics related to the Electronic System-Level (ESL) industry:

- TLM modeling concepts

- Early embedded software development based on SoC virtual prototypes

- Functional verification using reference models

- Architecture analysis with mixed TLM and cycle accurate platforms

- Unifying TLM and RTL with platform automation tools

Complementary to the book, open source code to put this approach into practice is available on several Internet sites as indicated in the first chapter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387262321
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	11/28/2005
Edition description:	2005
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.13(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Author: P Magarshack Chapter 1: TLM: An Overview and Brief History Authors: F.Ghenassia and A.Clouard Chapter 2: Transaction Level Modeling – An Abstraction beyond RTL Authors: L.Maillet-Contoz and F.Ghenassia Chapter 3: TLM Modeling Techniques based on SystemC Authors: L.Maillet-Contoz and J.-P.Strassen Chapter 4: Embedded Software Development through the TLM Approach Authors: E.Paire Chapter 5: Functional Verification From the TLM Perspective Authors: T.Bultiaux, S.Guenot, S.Hustin, A.Blampey, J.Bulone and M.Moy Chapter 6: Architecture Analysis and System Debugging - a Transactional Debugging Authors: A. Perrin and G.Poivre Chapter 7: Design Automation - Integrating TLM in SoC Design Flow Authors: C.Amerijckx, S.Guenot, A.Kerkeni and S.Hustin