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Intel® Compiler for SystemC* (ICSC) translates synthesizable SystemC design to synthesizable SystemVerilog design.
ICSC supports SystemC synthesizable subset in method and thread processes and arbitrary C++ code in module constructors. The tool produces human-readable SystemVerilog for complex multi-module designs in tens of seconds. This tool is focused on improving productivity of design and verification engineers and leaves optimization work for an underlying logic synthesis tool. It performs design checks to detect non-synthesizable code and common coding mistakes. ICSC is based on LLVM/Clang frontend, that allows to support modern C++ standards.
ICSC has a common library which includes collections of FIFOs, clock gate cells, zero-delay channels and others. ICSC supports SystemC immediate and temporal assertions translation into SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA).
ICSC generates SystemVerilog (IEEE 1800-2017) code. To convert SystemVerilog to Verilog (IEEE 1364-2005) there is SV2V tool which is compatible with ICSC.
ICSC is focused on productivity of design engineers with multiple features and advantages:
- SystemC synthesizable standard full support
- Arbitrary C++ at elaboration phase, including module constructors
- C++11/14/17 support
- Human-readable generated Verilog code
- CMake based project, no pragmas and other code pollution
- Fast translation procedure, seconds to a few minutes
- Common components and memory libraries
ICSC is based on Clang/LLVM frontend and can be installed at most Linux OS.
An instruction how to build and run ISCS at Ubuntu 20.04/22.04 is given at Getting started.
SystemC is C++ based language specified by IEEE 1666-2011.
SystemC is developed and supported by Accellera Systems Initiative. The last available SystemC version is 2.3.3.
- SystemC-to-Verilog Compiler: a productivity-focused tool for hardware design in cycle-accurate SystemC at DvCon'2019: presentation, full paper
- Temporal assertions in SystemC at DvCon'2020 and SystemC evolution day'2020 presentation, full paper
Mikhail Moiseev mikhail.moiseev at gmail.com