Implementation of transaction level AMBA bus models using systemC |
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Authors: | He?Zhen Email author" target="_blank">Cao?YangEmail author Zhang?Jun-xin Ma?Qin-sheng |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, 430072 Wuhan, Hubei, China;(2) State Key Laboratory of Software Engineering, Wuhan University, 430072 Wuhan, Hubei, China |
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Abstract: | This paper deals with how to implement AMBA bus transaction level modeling in SystemC. There are two main techniques used
in the whole modeling process, which consist of starting the platform modeling at the transaction level and using the uniformed
modeling language— System C. According to the concepts of interface, port and hierarchical channel introduced in SystemC 2.0,
the system of master-channel (AMBA bus) slave is created as the architecture of the AMBA bus transaction level model, which
can make it more extendable. The port and interface classes of the model that are prone to program are defined in accordance
with the SoC hierarchical design methodology. In addition, method calls, not signal communication, are used between different
modules in the model, so the higher-level abstraction is achieved and the simulation performance is improved. The AMBA bus
transaction level model is analyzed and certified by simulation experiment, and proved to be completely compliant to the AMBA
specification 2.0.
Foundation item: Supported by the National High Technology Development 863 Program of China (2002AA1Z1490)
Biography: He Zhen (1979-), male, Master candidate, research direction: system level modeling in SoC hardware/software co-design. |
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Keywords: | AMBA transaction level SystemC SoC |
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