The Open SystemC Initiative - OSCI

Who is OSCI and what OSCI does: http://www.systemc.org/about/

General info

What is SystemC: http://www.systemc.org/community/about_systemc/

Books about SystemC

SystemC books:  http://www.systemc.org/community/resources/

Open SystemC Language Reference Manual

The Open SystemC LRM can be downloaded from: http://standards.ieee.org/getieee/1666/index.html

Stable SystemC libraries

The stable SystemC libraries TLM (Transaction Level Modelling Library), SystemC (Core SystemC language), SCV (SystemC Verification Library) and Analog-Mixed Signal can be downloaded from:                http://www.systemc.org/downloads/standards/

In progress SystemC libraries

The SystemC Synthesizable Subset Draft 1.3 and CCI Configuration Requirements Specification can be download from:   http://systemc.org/downloads/drafts_review

SystemC Synthesis - High Level Synthesis

• AutoPilot from AutoESL acquired by Xilinx 1/31/2011 http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4212668/Xilinx-buys-high-level-synthesis-EDA-vendor
• C-to-Silicon from Cadence Design Systems
• Synphony C Compiler from Synopsys
• Cynthesizer from Forte Design Systems
• CyberWorkBench from NEC
• CoSynth ESL flow
  

HDL to SystemC

• Verilog to SystemC - Verilator
• Vhdl to SystemC - Vhdl-to-SystemC-Converter
• Verilog/Vhdl to SystemC - Model Studio from Carbon Design Systems
  

Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) standard

Cadence released UVM ML 1.0 (UVM Mixed-Language) that supports SystemC and e language.
The kit can be downloaded from www.uvmworld.org (contributions section).

Tutorials

• http://www.asic-world.com/systemc/tutorial.html
• http://www.forteds.com/SystemC/training/index.asp
• http://www.doulos.com/knowhow/systemc/

Very goood TLM-2.0 tutorials:
http://www.doulos.com/knowhow/systemc/tlm2/

Great application notes about using SystemC in real projects:
http://www.embecosm.com/download/application_notes.html

Resources

• System-Level Design and Synthesis of Embedded HW/SW Systems: http://system-synthesis.org
• TLM SystemC models can be found at tlmcentral.
  
• SystemC Interfaces and Infrastructure: http://www.greensocs.com/
• SystemC synthesis tool: http://www.systemcrafter.com
  
• SystemC services, from modeling to training: http://www.eslx.com
• SystemC training: http://www.doulos.com
• SystemC validation tools:  http://www.jedatechnologies.com
• SystemC tools for Mac OSX: http://www.logicpoet.com
• TRAP is a tool for the generation of SystemC and TLM based Instruction Set Simulators (ISS)
• ReSP is an MPSoC simulation platform working at a high abstraction level
• SystemC models (mainly CPUs)