How does Impulse C relate to System C?
SystemC is a publicly-available, free to use library that a numer of EDA vendors have embraced at various levels. These vendors include Forte, Celoxica, Synopsys and others. SystemC is slowly gaining momentum among higher-end ASIC designers for system modeleling but at this writing has little or no traction (in fact no real awareness) among rank and file embedded systems designers. These embedded systems designers and programmers overwhelmingly choose standard ANSI C for their design activities. Impulse has positioned itself as a provider of embedded software/hardware development tools and is not in the traditional EDA or ASIC design tools business. Impulse has therefore chosen not to make use of SystemC as a key part of its strategy. The Company will, however, provide cosimulation capabilities with SystemC in a future product release.
