Chapter 2.
Background to SystemC and the TLM 2.0 Standard
The development of SystemC as a standard for modeling hardware started
in 1996. Version 2.0 of the proposed standard was released by the Open
SystemC Initiative (OSCI) in 2002. In 2006, SystemC became IEEE
standard 1666-2005 [5].
OSCI has several groups working on supplementary standards. One of
these is the TLM Working Group. It proposed its first standard for
transaction level modeling in 2005. Two drafts for version 2.0 were
released in 2006 and 2007. The version 2.0 standard issued in June
2008, with a minor update (2.0.1) issued in June 2009 [6].
