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SystemC Tutorial for Beginners

A guided path through SystemC core modeling: C++ setup, modules, processes, events, time, ports, channels, and the scheduler.

Start here if you want SystemC to feel like understandable C++ instead of magic macros. The lessons build from the first model into the LRM rules and source internals that explain why the simulator behaves the way it does.

What This Page Helps You Do

Install SystemC, compile a first model, and know what the simulator is doing before time starts.
Explain modules, ports, exports, channels, events, delta cycles, and process sensitivity in normal engineering language.
Recognize when a behavior is portable LRM semantics and when it is an Accellera implementation detail.

Recommended Path

C++ prerequisitesTemplates, object lifetime, inheritance, and the C++ mechanics SystemC uses.Introduction to SystemCWhat SystemC is, where it fits, and the mental model behind simulation.Modules and elaborationHow C++ constructors become a hardware-like object hierarchy.Processes, events, and timeThe scheduler, wait forms, sensitivity, and event notification.

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What You Should Be Able to Answer

  • Is SystemC a new language? No. It is a C++ library and simulation kernel that gives hardware-modeling semantics to ordinary C++ objects.
  • What should I learn first? Learn modules, elaboration, processes, events, and ports before diving into TLM or virtual platforms.