SystemC Language Working Group (LWG)

Charter

This group is responsible for the definition and development of the SystemC core language, the foundation on which all other SystemC libraries and functionality are built.

Chair: David Black, Doulos Ltd.
Vice-Chair: Andrew Goodrich, Forte Design Systems

Scope

Version 2.2 of the open source proof-of-concept SystemC library eliminates all known incompatibilities with the IEEE 1666-2005™ SystemC standard. With the final release of this version, the industry now has a fully ratified standard definition of the SystemC language and a freely-available implementation upon which commercial, open-source, and in-house tools can be based.

Recent Activity

The time period for public review of the SystemC Proof-of-Concept Implementation Public Review version 2.3.0 has come to a close and the download kit has been removed from our web site. The Public Review version was not intended to be used for production work. The Accellera Systems Initiative SystemC Language Working Group is now busily addressing raised issues and preparing the official 2.3.0 version. Among the changes to come, we will incorporate TLM-2.0 so that end-users only have a single file to install. All will be backwards-compatible to the best of our ability. We hope to release the final proof-of-concept implementation later this year. Until then, please use version 2.2. We thank you for your feedback and patience.

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