Press Release
Open Core Protocol International Partnership Releases OCP SystemC Channel Version 2.1.3
PORTLAND, ORE — October 18, 2006 —Open Core Protocol International Partnership
(OCP-IP) today announced the availability of the SystemC Transaction Level
Monitor (TLM) Channel version 2.1.3. The
new features in the latest version improve model interoperability, resulting in
better productivity in system level modeling.
OCP-IP also announced the donation of a regression suite to
the organization from the ESL Working Group of Taiwan SoC Consortium, sponsored by Industrial
Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan. The regression suite allows OCP-IP to ensure a superior level of code testing before releasing their
channels.
Version 2.1.3 incorporates several enhancements including modification to OCP configuration
management, allowing cores to configure the channel at end-of-elaboration. This feature makes it easier for engineers to
instantiate SystemC modules with OCP ports and reduces the risk of
configuration errors. Auto-checking of
compatibility between master and slave is also provided in TL1 and TL2.
The new version also includes monitors for untimed
TL1 channel that provide engineers visibility into simulation. They also enable understanding of where SOC
architecture is restricting performance and where the architecture is
over-dimensioned. The availability OCP-TL1
monitor means that such information can be extracted without any need to implement
user code. The style of monitor
interface in the TLMs ensures further monitors can be readily developed and
added, as required by the user.
Also included in the version documentation are extensions fully
describing the synchronization assumptions in Tl1; this addition ensures
compatibility of OCP cores. Developers can buy cores from a number of
suppliers, each of whom supply SystemC models as well as RTL code, fully
compatible with the developer’s infrastructure and that of their other customers.
Work on the compliance models was completed by the OCP-IP
System Level Design Working Group including representatives from: CoWare,
Sonics, TI and GreenSocs.
"As the OCP-IP channel evolves and uses
increasingly sophisticated technology, the maintenance of the user interface
and semantics of the channel are of paramount importance for OCP-IP
users," said Mark Burton, chair of the OCP-IP System Level Design Working
Group. "The ITRI kit is key to
ensuring this goal.”
"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 work over the years and are particularly
proud of their quality and ongoing TLM evolution."
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 the VSI
Alliance. For additional background and membership information, visit
www.OCPIP.org.
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