SystemC is a set of
C++ classes and macros which provide an
event-driven simulation interface (see also
discrete event simulation). These facilities enable a designer to
simulate concurrent processes, each described using plain
C++ syntax. SystemC processes can communicate in a
simulated real-time environment, using signals of all the
datatypes offered by C++, some additional ones offered by the SystemC library, as well as user defined. In certain respects, SystemC deliberately mimics the
hardware description languages VHDL and
Verilog, but is more aptly described as a
system-level modeling language.
