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Welcome to the new website of Accellera Systems Initiative! We are an independent and collaborative organization with the mission to create and advance system-level design, modeling, and verification standards for use by the worldwide electronics industry.

Welcome Message from Shishpal Rawat, Accellera Systems Initiative Chair

Accellera Systems Initiative Chair talks about EDA & IP standards organization.

Formed by the merger of industry standards bodies Accellera and Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI), our technical committees work diligently to develop standards that address the real needs of system and semiconductor designers who must find new and smarter ways develop increasingly complex chips for today’s products.

We invite you to join us in our mission to take system-level standards to the next level of design. Check back with us often to find out the latest developments in EDA and IP standards. And sign up as a community participant to receive information on user events, technical videos, articles and other insightful information.

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Mar 13, 2012, DATE 2012
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ESCUG Workshop

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Recent Happenings

• IEEE 1666-2011 Now Available for Free Download courtesy of Accellera Systems Initiative.

• Nominations being accepted for the Accellera Systems Initiative Technical Achievement Award now through January 27.

• SystemC 2.3 Library public review is now underway.

• Open Verification Library (OVL) 2.6 release is now available for download.

• UVM 1.1 is now available for download.

• The IEEE has approved a revised version of the IEEE 1666™ “Standard SystemC Language Reference Manual. Read the press release.

OSCI and Accellera Unite

The new organization will leverage the complementary efforts of both groups to create more comprehensive standards.

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"This timely consolidation of two interrelated consortia promises to deliver enhanced value to its members and the industry at large. Si2 is pleased with this transition, as it allows better-focused partnership opportunities in coordination of industry standards spanning the complementary scopes of our respective organizations. As former Accellera Vice-Chair and VHDL International President, I led the consolidation that created Accellera, and now anticipate similar benefits for emerging language-based standards." -- Steve Schulz, President and CEO, Si2... More »

Other News From the Industry

IEEE APPROVES REVISED IEEE 1666™ "SYSTEMC LANGUAGE" STANDARD FOR ELECTRONIC SYSTEM-LEVEL DESIGN, ADDING SUPPORT FOR TRANSACTION-LEVEL MODELING

New version to enable higher level, more efficient design of complex integrated circuits and system-on-chips

PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 10 November 2011 – IEEE, the world's largest professional association advancing technology for humanity, today announced that the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board has approved a revised version of the IEEE 1666™ "Standard SystemC Language Reference Manual," which specifies SystemC, the high-level design language used in the design and development of electronic systems. The new version of IEEE 1666 encompasses many enhancements, notably the support for transaction-level modeling (TLM), a critical approach to enable higher level and more efficient design of complex integrated circuits (ICs) and system-on-chips (SoCs).

Read the full press release