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SystemC Analog/Mixed-signal Working Group (AMSWG)

Charter

The SystemC AMS Working Group is responsible for the standardization of the SystemC AMS extensions, defining and developing the language, methodology and class libraries for analog, mixed-signal and RF modeling in SystemC.

Chair: Martin Barnasconi, NXP Semiconductors
Vice-Chair: Dr. Christoph Grimm, Vienna University of Technology

Scope

This group is responsible for the standardization of the SystemC AMS extensions by defining and developing the language, methodology and class libraries for analog, mixed-signal and RF modeling in SystemC. These AMS extensions provide a uniform SystemC-based modeling language that 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 AMS systems. The AMS 1.0 standard was released in March 2010 and includes the requirements specifications, AMS language reference manual (LRM), and a user's guide. The standard introduces new execution semantics for efficient simulation of discrete and continuous time to support non-conservative and conservative behavioral modeling approaches.

Current developments

Since the introduction of the SystemC AMS 1.0 standard, the WG has experienced a rapid adoption of the standard in industrial mixed-signal system-level design methodologies. The AMS WG is now focused on further advancing the AMS standard by defining and implementing new features as addressed in the SystemC AMS requirements specification. As a result, the AMS working group released the AMS 2.0 draft standard, which was made available for public review until April 30, 2012, including new semantics and language constructs to support dynamic and reactive modeling concepts.

Background

In March 2010, OSCI released the AMS 1.0 Standard, the first modeling language targeting system-level design and verification to describe analog/mixed-signal behavior as natural extension to existing SystemC-based design methodologies. AMS 1.0 is available for download under open-source license and includes the requirements specifications, AMS language reference manual (LRM), and a user's guide. Read the press release.

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