A2T++: the Automatic Abstraction Tool

IP-reuse allows designers to exploit already implemented and verified RTL IP cores while concentrating the main effort on their integration into the system, on other specific components implementation and on the SW development. In this context, this work presents A2T++, a tool for abstracting existent RTL IP cores aiming at two different targets: (i) automatic generation of SystemC TLM models, and (ii) automatic generation of embedded software for multiprocessor architectures. A2T++ is built on top of the HIFSuite, which allows designers to manipulate and integrate heterogeneous components implemented by using different HDLs, that are SystemC, VHDL, and Verilog.