CINFRA: A Quick System Modeling Approach

Abstract

In this paper we deal with System-on-Chip (SoC) system (transaction and higher abstraction) level modeling. The traditional approach based on libraries of custom IPs and SystemC/TLM-2.0 framework is saddled with issues, which prevents wider dissemination of system modeling technology in the industry. Incompatible interfaces of custom IPs give rise to integration issues. Current SystemC/TLM-2.0 framework requires highly skilled developers having software and hardware expertise. We propose a new approach that looks promising and overcomes the above-mentioned drawbacks. The essence of our approach is an infrastructure library that hides the complexity of SystemC. System level models are assembled from infrastructure elements with functional cores expressing hardware capabilities. Implementation results and proof-of-concept are presented.

Keywords

• TLM
• SystemC
• system model
• model of computation
• declarative specification