Original Source

Important - this is not official documentation for the System C project.

The original reference implementation is sourced from http://www.accellera.org/downloads/standards/systemc.

This version has been updated to improve readability.

The full language is defined by the IEEE 1666-2011 standard here: https://standards.ieee.org/standard/1666-2011.html

Introduction

http://www.accellera.org/community/systemc/about-systemc

SystemC® addresses the need for a system design and verification language that spans hardware and software. It is a language built in standard C++ by extending the language with the use of class libraries. The language is particularly suited to model system's partitioning, to evaluate and verify the assignment of blocks to either hardware or software implementations, and to architect and measure the interactions between and among functional blocks. Leading companies in the intellectual property (IP), electronic design automation (EDA), semiconductor, electronic systems, and embedded software industries currently use SystemC for architectural exploration, to deliver high-performance hardware blocks at various levels of abstraction and to develop virtual platforms for hardware/software co-design. SystemC was defined by the Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI) and ratified as IEEE Std. 1666™-2011.

License

In 2016 Accellera re-licensed all SystemC supplemental material under the Apache 2.0 License. Access to some previous releases of SystemC material may still require acceptance of the terms of the SystemC Open Source License while the process of updating license statements is underway. Please contact the Accellera office if you have any questions.