Extending the SystemC synthesis subset by object-oriented features
Eike Grimpe, Frank Oppenheimer · 2003
In this article we present an approach to object-oriented hardware design and synthesis based on SystemC. We will give an introduction to an extended SystemC synthesis sub-set which we propose, and, in particular, its object-oriented features. We will also briefly outline our basic synthesis con-cepts for object-oriented hardware specifications. Finally we will present some examples for the application of the ex-tended synthesis subset, which are directly processable by a first synthesis tool prototype which we have developed for this purpose.