| The first question any reader should ask is “Why this book?” We decided
to write this book after learning SystemC and after using minimal documents
to help us through the quest of becoming comfortable with the language’s
finer points. After teaching several SystemC classes, we were even more
convinced that an introductory book focused on the SystemC language was
needed. We decided to contribute such a book.
This book is about SystemC. It focuses on enabling the reader to master
the language. The reader will be introduced to the syntax and structure of the
language, and the reader will also learn about the features and usage of
SystemC that makes it a tool to shorten the development cycle of large
system designs.
We allude to system design techniques and methods by way of examples
throughout the book. Several books that discuss system-level design
methodology are available, and we believe that SystemC is ideally suited to
implement many of these methods. After reading this resource, the reader
should not only be adept at using SystemC constructs efficiently, but also
have an appreciation of how the constructs work together and how they can
be used to create high performance simulation models.
We believe there is enough information to convey about the SystemC
language to justify this stand-alone book. We hope you agree. We also
believe that there is enough material for a second book that focuses on using
SystemC to implement these system-level design methods. With reader
encouragement, the authors hope to start on a second book that delves
deeper into the application of the language (after recovering from the writing
of this book). |
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