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Accellera Systems Initiative has published the language reference manual for the latest version of its mixed-signal simulation environment based on SystemC. Version 2.0 of SystemC-AMS adds support for more dynamic behaviors in the analog domain.

Now in its 25th year, DVCon is coming up in a couple of weeks in Silicon Valley. In terms of process nodes, 25 years is about twelve generations. In terms of dog years, it's about four generations. In terms of the life of Stan Krolikoski, however, 25 years is only part of one career. It's also the amount of time Stan's been going to DVCon, even though it had a different name when he attended the first such conference back in 1988.

"Accellera Systems Initiative has released the version 2.3.0 of its SystemC open source proof-of-concept library. The offering comes free of charge to the global electronic design community, the organization noted.

Compatible with the newly revised IEEE 1666 Standard SystemC Language Reference Manual, announced by the IEEE Standards Association in November last year, version 2.3.0 provides a number features including support for transaction-level modeling (TLM), a critical approach to enable high level and more efficient design of complex ICs and SoCs in a single library, Accellera Systems stated."

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Accellera Systems Initiative announced today that the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), a globally recognized standards-setting body within the IEEE, now offers the latest version of the IEEE 1666 "Standard SystemC Language Reference Manual," for download at no charge, as part of the IEEE Get program.

This is the second in a series of three articles presenting the "top 10" tips for the successful use of formal analysis on IP and SoC projects.

By now most of you will have heard and read about the merger Accellera and OSCI into the Accellera Systems Initiative. A question that may linger after reading various press accounts is "why a merger"? There are, of course, synergies in standards to be discovered and exploited- anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of current EDA standards will understand that. But, why the drastic act of merging into a single organization with all of the difficulty and expense that such a merger entails?

So what are the advantages and disadvantages of having these come together under one roof? I spoke with Stan Krolikoski, an OSCI board member, treasurer, chair of the IEEE 1666 SystemC working group, secretary for Accellera, and in his spare time works for Cadence. In addition, I chair the Interfaces Technical Committee within Accellera, so I also have an inside view as to what is going on...