SystemCrafter joins Xilinx ESL Initiative

SystemCrafter is taking part in the Xilinx ESL Initiative, helping drive integration and adoption of SystemC to VHDL software as part of the ESL methodology for FPGAs.

SystemCrafter is taking part in the Xilinx ESL Initiative, helping drive integration and adoption of SystemC to VHDL software as part of the ESL methodology for FPGAs, and enabling the company to more rapidly develop enhanced versions in the future.

Working at the electronic system level (ESL) is set to revolutionise the design of hardware and systems.

Not only does it allow designers to work at a higher level of abstraction, improving time to market and reliability, but it also enables hardware to be designed by programmers and scientists.

Combining ESL software with FPGAs enables designers to go from a conceptual C++ project to working hardware in hours.

"There is a growing interest in ESL design among FPGA designers", said Steve Lass, Director of Software Product Marketing at Xilinx.

"The aim of our initiative is to improve awareness among the FPGA designer community, and to help our ecosystem partners expand the market for their solutions".

"We are working closely with SystemCrafter to enhance the value of their SystemC-to-VHDL software for programmable hardware platforms by improving the quality of results and integration with Xilinx software tools".

SystemCrafter's software, which won an EE Times Ultimate Product award and has been nominated for a 2006 EE Times ACE award, automatically synthesises hardware designs written in SystemC to VHDL.

The VHDL can then be used with Xilinx FPGA design tools to target Xilinx FPGAs.

This enables engineers and programmers to design, debug and simulate hardware and systems using their existing C++ development environment.

Dr Jonathan Saul, SystemCrafter CEO, commented: "We are delighted to be working with Xilinx as part of their ESL initiative".

"Our vision is to provide a tool that can bridge the gap between SystemC and FPGAs, at an affordable price".

"This enables system-level designers to implement their designs quickly and reliably, and opens up the use of FPGAs to a new market of C and C++ programmers".

The price of SystemCrafter SC is only $2995 for a perpetual node-locked licence.

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