Digital Systems Synthesis and Prototyping from SystemC
 
This course was organized in the scope of the BRAZIL IP project, a collaborative effort of Brazilian institutions to create a distributed network of  integrated circuit (IC) design centers capable of delivering OCP-IP compliant Intellectual Property (IP cores). The mission of Brazil IP are twofold. In the short run, it aims at increasing the country expertise on designing world-class IC's by exposing the participating centers to real-world design practices and evaluation. In the long-run, it seeks to enable the conditions for the establishment of local Design Houses (DH's) capable of competing in the international IP market. The course is mainly intended to instrument course participants in describing hardware using the SystemC language.
Organization

Pontifícia Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Lecturer: Prof. Ney Laert Vilar Calazans
Practice responsibles: Edson Ifarraguirre Moreno (BSc CS) and Taciano Ares Rodolfo
Other Support Staff: Leandro Heleno M�ller (BSc CS)
Course Period: March, 1st, 2004 to March, 5th, 2004
Schedule: 8:30 to 11:30 lectures, 13:30 to 18:30 practice

Documents and Links

Powerpoint Slides Presentation

 brazilip_curso_sint_prot_SystemC.ppt (under construction, last updated 05/03/2004)

Support Material

 Arnout, Guido. OSCI Update. October 2002.
Synopsys,Inc. Describing Synthesizable RTL in SystemC. Version 1.2, November 2002. 136p.
OSCI. Functional Specification for SystemC 2.0. Update for SystemC 2.0.1. Version 2.0-Q. April 2002. 135p.
OSCI. SystemC Version 2.0 User Guide. Update for SystemC 2.0.1. Version 2.0-Q. 2002. 212p.
OSCI. SystemC 2.0.1 Language Reference Manual. Revision 1.0. 2003. 428p.
SynopsysTools Manuals:
      CoCentric SystemC Compiler - RTL User and Modeling Guide,
      CoCentric SystemC Compiler - Behavioral User Guide,
      CoCentric SystemC Compiler - Behavioral Modeling Guide,
      CoCentric SystemC Studio - Getting Started,
      CoCentric Fixed Point Designer,
      Design Compiler, etc.
Exercises Material
 Files for leds example
Files for setseg example
RS-232 Serial Communication Controller Specification
Interesting Links
 Xilinx University Program Homepage - Useful for academic personnel to engage his Institution in the Xilinx University Program (becoming a XUP member), which can then benefit from donations of Xilinx software, Xilinx components and Xilinx partners prototyping boards (e. g. Digilent)
Xilinx Page containing online donations forms for software, components and boards - access to XUP members only (user/password required)

  

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