Good SystemC tutorials or books?

[sd]

I've gone to the www.systemc.org and downloaded the offical LRM
(language reference manual.) I tried to read it, but I'm sorry
to say I need more of a 'tutorial' guide to learn the basics.

Does anyone have good links or know of good introductory books
to SystemC?

 

[Neo]

I believe there is some stuff like that on the fraunhoffer site and
doulos.

 

[Jaakko Varteva]

sd wrote:

I've gone to the www.systemc.org and downloaded the offical LRM
(language reference manual.) I tried to read it, but I'm sorry
to say I need more of a 'tutorial' guide to learn the basics.

Does anyone have good links or know of good introductory books
to SystemC?

Download the SystemC library from www.SystemC.org, unzip the package and
check the "docs" directory. There is a user guide and a functional spec,
these are easy to follow and include all the information you need.

The LRM is basically the "SystemC standard" and it defines exactly all
the SystemC features. That's why it is quite hard to digest. If you
wanted to learn C programming, you wouldn't probably start by reading
the ANSI-C standard. Same applies to SystemC modeling and the SystemC LRM...

-JV-

 

Assuming you already know some C++, "SystemC from the Ground Up" by
Black and Donovan is pretty good. Others also show up when searching
for "SystemC" at Amazon.com.