Press Release
Open Core Protocol International Partnership
Releases
OCP SystemC Channel Version 2.1.2
PORTLAND, ORE. — April 13, 2006 — Open Core Protocol
International Partnership (OCP-IP) today announced the availability of the
SystemC Transaction Level Monitor (TLM) Channel version 2.1.2. The new
features in version 2.1.2 improve model interoperability, resulting in
better productivity in system level modeling.
Version 2.1.2 incorporates several enhancements and now includes a TL3
channel based on the OSCI TLM version 1.0. The new TL3 provides the ability
to model communication more abstract than bus interface transactions; for
example, it now supports message-passing communication. In addition, this
new feature represents unification of OCP and OSCI TLM work. Version 2.1.2
also has a new common access interface for the connection of transaction
monitors, assertion checkers, etc to the OCP channel at TL1, TL2 and TL3
abstraction levels. This feature ensures convenient EDA tool support for the
OCP channels. Tools can now be connected to the channel in a modular fashion
without requiring knowledge of internal channel operation.
This version additionally includes a new set of fully configurable
abstraction layer adapters for TL0 toTL1 and TL1 toTL2. The adapters are no
longer just examples, but support full OCP interface right out of the box.
This version is fully compliant with SystemC 2.1v1.
Work on the compliance models was completed by the OCP-IP System Level
Design Working Group including representatives from: CoWare, Nokia, Sonics,
TI and GreenSoCs.
“Our System Level Design Working Group is comprised of experts from
leading companies engaged in Transaction Level Modeling,” said Ian
Mackintosh president OCP-IP. “We have shipped tens of thousands of copies of
our TLM work over the years and are particularly proud of the quality and
ongoing evolution of the modeling standard pioneered.”
About OCP-IP
The OCP International Partnership Association, Inc. (OCP-IP) formed in
2001, promotes and supports the Open Core Protocol (OCP) as the complete
socket standard ensuring rapid creation and integration of interoperable
virtual components. OCP-IP’s Governing Steering Committee participants are:
Nokia [NYSE: NOK], Texas Instruments [NYSE: TXN], STMicroelectronics [NYSE:
STM], Toshiba Semiconductor Group (including Toshiba America TAEC) and
Sonics. OCP-IP is a non-profit corporation delivering the first fully
supported, openly licensed, core-centric protocol comprehensively fulfilling
system-level integration requirements. The OCP facilitates IP core
reusability and reduces design time, risk and manufacturing costs for SoC
designs. VSIA endorses the OCP socket, and OCP-IP is affiliated with the VSI
Alliance. For additional background and membership information, visit www.OCPIP.org.
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