Carbon Design Systems

For SoC designs typically IP blocks are received (like 80% design reuse) in RTL formats. Conventionally companies hire contractors to recode blocks in SystemC. For new coding RTL models are available late & converting them to SystemC could be time consuming. Companies hire consultant services to model & create SystemC models. Carbod design studio lets make SystemC models very quickly from existing IPs (in RTL)

Carbon Model Studio can save time while ensuring accuracy in modeling. SystemC coders refer to Specs & sometimes reverse engineer to model accurately. CMS allows converting RTL for OSCI-SystemC simulation. Carbon design systems offers tools to create cycle accurate models quickly from RTL (VHDL/ Verilog). RTL models are compiled into C like linkable objects that can be simulated with other OSCI SystemC Simulators.

 Following diagram shows a simple flow of converting RTL for Virtual Platforms.

I did not get a chance to investigate limitations of Carbon model studios, if any of readers would like to share some experiences, please post.
To do list:

* How to validate SystemC models against RTL? Can RTL designers use VP for reference in validation?
* Comparison to FPGA prototyping
* Investigate robustness of CMS,

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