“Leading EDA, IP, semiconductor, systems and embedded software
companies announced today the “Open SystemC(TM) Initiative” and
immediate availability of a modeling platform for free Web
download. Achieving a breakthrough in industry cooperation, SystemC
is the first result of the initiative, which enables, promotes and
accelerates system-level intellectual property (IP) model exchange
and co-design using a common C++ modeling platform. Through an Open
Community Licensing model, designers can create, validate and share
models with other companies using SystemC and a standard ANSI C++
compiler. In addition, electronic design automation (EDA) vendors
have complete access to the SystemC modeling platform required to
build interoperable tools. There are no licensing fees associated
with the use of SystemC, and any company is free to join and
participate.”
“Backed by a growing community of well over 45 charter
member companies, the Open SystemC Initiative includes
representation from the systems, semiconductor, IP, embedded
software and EDA industries. The steering group includes ARM,
CoWare, Inc., Cygnus Solutions, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Infineon, Lucent
Technologies, Sony Corporation STMicroelectronics, Synopsys, Inc.
(NASDAQ:SNPS) and Texas Instruments. The goal of the Open Community
Licensing model is to provide a foundation to build a market upon,
and the role of the steering group is to provide an environment of
structured innovation ensuring that interoperability is retained
for the benefit of all…”
“SystemC is freely available through an Open Community
Licensing program, taking the best of open source licensing and Sun
Microsystems’ Jini Community Source Licensing (SCSL). The
commercial license will be offered at no cost. The steering group,
along with other community members, will be responsible for
enhancements and upgrades to the source code in the modeling
platform as it moves forward.”