SystemC Transaction-level Modeling Working Group (TLMWG)

Charter

This group is responsible for the definition and development of methodology and add-on libraries for transaction-level modeling in SystemC.

Chair: Mr. Bart Vanthournout, Synopsys
Vice-Chair: James Aldis, Texas Instruments

Scope

Transaction-level modeling (TLM) continues to grow in importance for architectural exploration, performance analysis, building virtual platforms for software development, and functional verification. Since its release, TLM-2.0 has become the industry standard for creating interoperable transaction-level models. It provides a synergistic and comprehensive solution that supports loosely-timed and approximately-timed transaction-level modeling. The release of a TLM-2.0 Reference Manual completes the definition of TLM-2.0 with more refined and detailed descriptions of the semantics of the standard. The Reference Manual is accompanied by an update of the TLM library: release 2.0.1.

Background

In July 2009, the working group released version 2.0.1 of the TLM library, which includes the TLM-2.0 Reference Manual. Read the press release.

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Resources

Video tutorials:
- "Software-driven Verification using TLM-2.0 Virtual Platforms," presented at DVCon 2011
- "OSCI TLM-2.0 Standard and Synthesizable Subset," presented at DVCon 2010
- "TLM-2.0 Extensions," presented at DAC 2009
- "TLM-2.0 in Action": This three-hour tutorial is the culmination of five presentations given at the Design and Verification Conference (DVCon) 2009
Numerous TLM-related video presentations from NASCUG user group meetings are available.