SystemC Kernel Extensions for Heterogeneous System Modeling

Cover -- Contents -- Dedication -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1 Motivation -- 2 System Level Design Languages and Frameworks -- 3 Our Approach to Heterogeneous Modeling in SystemC -- 4 Main Contributions of this Book -- 2. BACKGROUND MATERIAL -- 1 System Level Modeling and Simulation Methods -- 2 Models of Computation and Heterogeneous Modeling at System Level -- 3 Ptolemy II: A Heterogeneous Modeling and Simulation Framework -- 4 SystemC: Language and Framework -- 5 Implemented Models of Computation -- 3. SYSTEMC DISCRETE-EVENT KERNEL -- 1 DE Simulation Semantics -- 2 Implementation Specifics -- 3 Discrete-Event Simulation Kernel -- 4 Example: DE Kernel -- 4. FEW WORDS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION CLASS HIERARCHY -- 1 MoC Specific Ports and Channels -- 2 Integration of Kernels -- 5. SYNCHRONOUS DATA FLOW KERNEL IN SYSTEMC -- 1 SDF MoC -- 2 SDF Data Structure -- 3 Scheduling of SDF -- 4 SDF Modeling Guidelines -- 5 SDF Kernel in SystemC -- 6 SDF Specific Examples -- 7 Pure SDF Examples -- 6. COMMUNICATING SEQUENTIAL PROCESSES KERNEL IN SYSTEMC -- 1 Implementation Details -- 2 CSP Scheduling and Simulation -- 3 Example of CSP Model in SystemC -- 4 Modeling Guidelines for CSP Models in SystemC -- 5 Example of Producer/Consumer -- 6 Integrating CSP & DE kernels -- 7. FINITE STATE MACHINE KERNEL IN SYSTEMC -- 1 Implementation Details -- 2 Example of Traffic Light Controller Model using FSM Kernel in SystemC -- 8. SYSTEMC KERNEL APPLICATION PROTOCOL INTERFACE (API) -- 1 System Level Design Languages and Frameworks -- 9. HETEROGENEOUS EXAMPLES -- 1 Model using SDF kernel -- 2 Model using CSP and FSM kernels -- 3 Model using FSM, SDF and DE kernels -- 4 Model using CSP, FSM, SDF and DE kernels -- 10. EPILOGUE -- References -- Appendices -- B Autoconf and Automake -- A QuickThreads in SystemC -- 1 QuickThreads.