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+ SystemC addresses the need for a system design and verification
+language that spans hardware and software. It is a language built
+in standard C++ by extending the language with the use of class
+libraries. The language is particularly suited to model system's
+partitioning, to evaluate and verify the assignment of blocks to
+either hardware or software implementations, and to architect and
+measure the interactions between and among functional blocks. Leading
+companies in the intellectual property (IP), electronic design
+automation (EDA), semiconductor, electronic systems, and embedded
+software industries currently use SystemC for architectural
+exploration, to deliver high-performance hardware blocks at various
+levels of abstraction and to develop virtual platforms for
+hardware/software co-design. SystemC has been standardized by
+the Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI) and Accellera Systems Initiative
+and ratified as IEEE Std. 1666-2011.
+
+For enabling pthreads set the environment variable PTHREAD=yes.