Hardware logic model which is based only on logic high and logic low (binary 0 and binary 1) values.

See also 4-state.

Hardware logic model which considers unknown (X) and unproven (Z) values as well as logic high and logic low (binary 0 and binary 1).

See also 2-state.

A description of the relationship between byte and word addressing on a computer architecture. In a big endian architecture, the least significant byte in a data word resides at the highest byte address (of the bytes in the word) in memory.

The alternative is little endian addressing.

See also little endian.

In an event driven simulator, the analysis of source Verilog to create an executable which will subsequently perform the simulation.

JTAG is the usual name used for the IEEE 1149.1 standard entitled Standard Test Access Port and Boundary-Scan Architecture for test access ports used for testing printed circuit boards and chips using boundary scan.

This standard allows external reading of state within the board or chip. It is thus a natural mechanism for debuggers to connect to embedded systems.

A linting compiler (or feature of a compiler) provides extra analysis of the source language to identify potentially dangerous constructs. The problems identified by such tools typically go beyond what the source language standard requires, to identify good practice in the use of the source language.

A description of the relationship between byte and word addressing on a computer architecture. In a little endian architecture, the least significant byte in a data word resides at the lowest byte address (of the bytes in the word) in memory.

The alternative is big endian addressing.

See also big endian.

The industry standardization body for SystemC

A silicon chip which includes one or more processor cores.

A set of libraries and macros, which extend the C++ programming language to facilitate modeling of hardware.

Standardized by the Open SystemC Initiative, who provide an open source reference implementation.

See also Open SystemC Initiative.