For release: 18 Mar 2009

Open SystemC Initiative Hosts Open Teleconference to Review Analog-Mixed Signal Draft 1 Standard

SystemC Community Invited to Join and Provide Feedback

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHO: The Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI), an independent non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing SystemC(tm) as an industry-standard language for electronic system-level (ESL) design, announced it will host an open teleconference with the SystemC Community to present, discuss and review the Analog-Mixed Signal (AMS) Draft 1 standard. The public review period ends March 31st. For more information and to register: www.systemc.org.

WHAT/WHEN: Open Teleconference with the SystemC Community regarding AMS Draft 1 Standard.

TUESDAY, March 24 - AMS Draft 1 Teleconference (open to the SystemC Community)

Time: 17:00-19:00 - Central Europe; 12:00-2:00 pm - US Eastern; 9:00-11:00 am - US Pacific

The agenda will include a discussion on the motivation behind the standardization of AMS extensions followed by an introduction of the standard and language reference manual (LRM). The session concludes with an open question and answer period.

A presentation will be available on the public AMSWG page at www.systemc.org.

Registration is required for this event. To register and for dial-in details visit: www.mod-marketing.com/osci/event6.php.

The AMS draft 1 standard is available for download under open-source license at www.systemc.org. The worldwide SystemC community is encouraged to provide feedback using the AMS discussion forum at www.systemc.org/Discussion_Forums/ams_forum/.

WHY: The AMS draft 1 standard has been developed by the OSCI AMS working group and proposes unique capabilities for the design and modeling of embedded analog/mixed-signal applications at various levels of design abstraction. These AMS extensions will provide a uniform and standardized modeling approach, which can be used in combination with digitally-oriented ESL design methods, supporting a design refinement methodology for functional modeling, architecture exploration, and virtual prototyping of embedded analog/mixed-signal systems.

About SystemC and OSCI
The Open SystemC(tm) Initiative (OSCI) is an independent, not-for-profit association composed of a broad range of organizations dedicated to supporting and advancing SystemC as an open industry standard for system-level modeling, design and verification. SystemC is a language built in C++ that spans from concept to implementation in hardware and software. For further information about SystemC and OSCI visit www.systemc.org.

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