Extending the SystemC synthesis subset by object-oriented features

Author

Grimpe, Eike ; Oppenheimer, Frank

Author_Institution

Inst. of Res., OFFIS, Oldenburg, Germany

fYear

2003

fDate

1-3 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

30

Abstract

In this article we present an approach to object-oriented hardware design and synthesis based on SystemC. We give an introduction to an extended SystemC synthesis subset which we propose, and, in particular, its object-oriented features. We will also briefly outline our basic synthesis concepts for object-oriented hardware specifications. Finally, we present some examples for the application of the extended synthesis subset, which are directly processable by a first synthesis tool prototype which we have developed for this purpose.

Keywords

formal specification; high level synthesis; object-oriented methods; C based design; C++ based design; SystemC; hardware description language; high-level synthesis; object-oriented hardware design; object-oriented hardware specification; object-oriented hardware synthesis; synthesis subset; system level design; Embedded software; Embedded system; Hardware design languages; High level synthesis; Logic design; Object oriented modeling; Productivity; Prototypes; Real time systems; System-level design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis, 2003. First IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on

Conference_Location

Newport Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-58113-742-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CODESS.2003.1275251

Filename

1275251