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Archive of entries posted on March 2010

Hierarchy in SystemC: Why it’s so important for HLS!

Last time, I looked at the verification advantages of using SystemC for HLS. This time, I want to explore another important capability of SystemC that makes it far superior to ANSI C for hardware design.
I’m talking about structural hierarchy. SystemC supports hierarchy while ANSI C does not. Structural hierarchy means submodules, connected together [...]