About systemC
SystemC is a set of C++ classes and macros which provide an event-driven simulation interface in C++. These facilities enable a designer to simulate concurrent processes, each described using plain C++ syntax. SystemC processes can communicate in a simulated real-time environment, using signals of all the datatypes offered by C++, some additional ones offered by the SystemC library, as well as user defined. In certain respects, SystemC deliberately mimics the hardware description languages VHDL and Verilog, but is more aptly described as a system-level modeling language.
SystemC is an IEEE(IEEE 1666-2011) standard and more information about it is available on accellera website(link). This post is not about introducing systemC language as we can get that information from systemC language reference Manual(LRM). There is a reference implementation of systemC available for free download on accellera website(Accellera Home)
