Towards Analog and MixedSignal SOC Design with SystemC-AMS

Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) are heterogeneous by nature as they may integrate digital, analog, RF hardware as well as software components or non electrical parts such as sen-sors or actuators. The increasing level of complexity for de-signing SoCs in a reasonable amount of time and resources asks, among other capabilities, for powerful modeling and simulation means. SystemC is emerging as a de facto stan-dard for digital system design, but is still lacking a standard support of continuous-time and mixed discrete-event/con-tinuous-time systems. This paper presents the first elements of extensions to SystemC, called SystemC-AMS, that are proposed to fill the gap. 1