Accelerating SoC design using SysML and SystemC

Increasing design productivity is one of the main challenges facing the semiconductor design roadmap for >= 32 run technology as stated by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors. ITRS. report. Increasing the level of abstraction and increasing the design flow automation level are two of the methodologies Suggested by the ITRS to address the design productivity challenge. Producing executable specifications is another methodology to increase the productivity. This research suggests that the automatic mapping of SysML the system level UML based notations adopted by the Object Management Group. OMG. to the IEEE standardized SystemC. can raise the level of design abstraction in an automated environment that produces an executable specification of the design.