Formal Semantics of Synchronous SystemC

Abstract

In this article, a denotational definition of a synchronous subset of SystemC is proposed. The subset treated includes modules, processes, threads, wait statement, ports and signals. We propose a formal model for SystemC delta delay. Also, we give a complete semantic definition for the language's two-phase scheduler. The proposed semantic can constitute a base for validating the equivalence of synchronous HDL subsets.