Press Release
OPEN CORE PROTOCOL INTERNATIONAL PARTNERHIP RELEASES OCP SYSTEMC CHANNEL 2.1.1. AND METHODOLOGY WHITE PAPER
PORTLAND, ORE. — August 9, 2005 — Open Core Protocol
International Partnership (OCP-IP) today announced the availability of the
SystemC Transaction Level Monitor (TLM) Channel version 2.1.1 along with a
methodology white paper entitled "OCP TLM for Architectural Modeling.” The
new features in version 2.1.1 improve model interoperability, resulting in
better productivity in system level modeling.
Version 2.1.1 improves module interoperability by unifying the way time is
modeled in transaction level 1. Some TL1 API functions have also been
redesigned to ensure interoperability, and new timing interfaces have been
added to the TL1 channel for automating the setting of module timing
parameters. Improved support for OCP thread busy signaling has also been
added to TL1. In addition, a wrapper channel, which includes a clock input
port is provided for TL1 to make the channel easier to use with EDA tools.
Single-request, multiple-data OCP transactions have been implemented for
TL2.
The methodology package outlines the use of the OCP TLM in the same flow
with the OSCI TLM, and introduces a newly defined modeling abstraction
level, Architects View, using OCP TL2 or TL3 for interface modeling. The
methodology package has extensive examples for modeling in different
abstraction levels, and for making models of different abstractions
interoperable.
Work on the compliance models was completed by the OCP-IP System Level
Design Working Group including representatives from: CoWare, Nokia, Sonics,
and TI.
“Our System Level Design Working Group is full of the best and brightest
engineers in the world from leading companies working on Transaction Level
Models,” said Ian Mackintosh, president OCP-IP. “We are particularly proud
of the quality and ongoing evolution of the modeling standard we have
pioneered.”
For more information please visit the OCP-IP website at
www.ocpip.org.
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 VSIA.
For additional background and membership information, visit
www.OCPIP.org.
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