Accellera release libraries for SystemC core language and verification

Accellera Systems Initiative has released two new libraries for the SystemC core language (SystemC 2.3.1) and SystemC verification (SCV 2.0). Ratified as IEEE Std. 1666-2011 "Standard SystemC Language Reference Manual, "SystemC is a high-level language used in the design and development of electronic and embedded systems. The SystemC 2.3.1 proof of concept library is an update to the standard that was released in 2011 which included transaction-level modeling. The SystemC Verification Library (SCV) version 2.0 contains an implementation of the verification extensions. Both libraries are fully compatible with IEEE Std. 1666-2011 and are available at www.accellera.org. "We would like to recognize the contributors of the SystemC Language and Verification Working Groups that made these new libraries possible. To ensure high quality, both libraries have been thoroughly reviewed and tested," said Philipp A. Hartmann, chair of the SystemC Language Working Group and Jerome Cornet, chair of the SystemC Verification Working Group. SystemC 2.3.1 is a maintenance release that incorporates over 200 individual changes addressing issues and errata that have been reported during the past 18 months. The accompanying regression test suite covers bug fixes as well as additional features. Changes include: - Fixes for IEEE Std. 1666-2011 incompatibilities in the process-control support as ...