Regional User Groups
SystemC in 2008: User Groups Thriving
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SystemC momentum is evident around the world in the form of thriving user groups in North America, Europe, and Japan, and recent announcements of newly formed groups in India and Latin America. User groups provide a unique forum for sharing the SystemC experiences among business, research and universities, while influencing the growth and evolution of SystemC standards. Users groups operate independently of OSCI, though OSCI fully supports activities with event sponsorships, industry collaborations and open forums promoting information exchange.
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North American SystemC Users Group (NASCUG)
Chair: Jack Donovan, ESLX
Website: http://www.nascug.org
"It has been great to see the strong growth and depth of participation for the North American SystemC Users Group (NASCUG)," said Jack Donovan of ESLX Inc., NASCUG organizer. "This year we had well over 20 abstract submissions for five presentations at our DVCon meeting this year. From our surveys, 80% of the current attendees now come from organizations that are already using SystemC; in the early days, only about 20% of those attending came from an organization already using SystemC."
European SystemC Users Group (ESCUG)
Chair: Professor Wolfgang Rosenstiel, University of
Tüebingen
Website: http://www-ti.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/~systemc/systemc.html
"SystemC is now the standard language for system-level modeling and ESL design," said Professor Wolfgang Rosenstiel of the University of Tuebingen and organizer of ESCUG. "Our European users group provides a unique forum for sharing the SystemC experience among research, business, and academia, while also giving us a voice into how SystemC grows and evolves through the standards process."
Japan SystemC Users Forum (JSCUF)
Chair: Takashi Hasegawa, JEITA
Website: http://www.jeita.or.jp/english/
"SystemC is widely used in Japan as the ESL language both for modeling and verification," said Fujitsu's Takashi Hasegawa, chair of the SystemC Working Group in Japan, EDA-TC/JEITA. "With the enlargement and complexity of LSI, further improvement of design productivity and quality is required, and we believe SystemC is the solution."
India SystemC Users Group (ICSUG)
Chair: Subodh Patil, Poseidon Systems
Contact: subodh@poseidon-systems.com
Website: http://www.iscug.org
"The goal of the India SystemC User Group (ISCUG) is to facilitate easy adoption of SystemC in India and help the community to grow and leverage advantages of SystemC to the maximum extent," said ISCUG, co-founder Subodh Patil of Poseidon Systems. "The first ever ICSUG meeting was attended by 45 delegates, and the group is growing with delegates from various companies like Texas Instruments, NXP Semiconductor, ARM, ST, Agere Systems, Wipro, and other companies. We are committed to make SystemC a widely accepted and used standard for system modeling and verification in India."
Latin American SystemC Users Group (LASCUG)
Chair: Guido Araujo, University of Campinas
Website: http://www.lascug.org
"Latin American groups were early adopters of SystemC from its very beginning, and the use of the language has grown considerably since then," said Professor Guido Araujo of Brazil's Computer Systems Laboratory at the University of Campinas, and organizer of the Latin America SystemC Users Group (LASCUG). "LASCUG grew up from the need of these groups to collectively share their ideas and accumulated knowledge on SystemC technologies and applications. LASCUG will allow us to increase the dissemination of SystemC in Latin America, while enabling a valuable repository of knowledge and experiences for the region."