( ESNUG 373 Item 15 ) ------------------------------------------- [06/07/01]
From: Cliff Cummings <cliffc@sunburst-design.com>
Subject: Hey? Wasn't SystemC Going To Replace HDLs with free C Compilers??
John,
Meandering through deepchip.com, I came across Richard Goering's EE Times
(4/5/01) article about "Report reveals unannounced Synopsys tools."
I was amazed by the quote from Kevin Kranen:
"Kevin Kranen, director of strategic programs at Synopsys, noted that
ESNUG readers are primarily RTL hardware designers and verification
engineers. "SystemC is meant for a slightly different audience;
system designers who are modeling, validating and refining entire
systems," he said. Kranen said that SystemC compliments, and is not
intended to replace, existing HDL-based design flows."
Incredible! I thought SystemC was going to replace HDLs with free C
compilers so that we would all have free simulation. If Kevin wants to
combine C modeling and validation with HDL-based design flows, he might
want to look into SuperLog, which permits an engineer to compile C code
with a superset of Verilog.
I think Kevin might have a future as Dean of Spin-Doctor University.
- Cliff Cummings
Sunburst Design Beaverton, OR
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