NEWS revision 12027
112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de* SystemC 2.3.1a
212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  Relicensed under Apache License, Version 2.0.
312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  No functional changes.
412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de
512027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de* SystemC 2.3.1
612027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  Release of SystemC 2.3.1
712027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Bug fixes.
812027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Code cleanup.
912027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Some experimental new features.
1012027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de
1112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de* SystemC 2.3.0
1212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  Release of SystemC 2.3.0
1312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Compliance to IEEE Std 1666-2011
1412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Per LRM, includes TLM-2.0.2
1512027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Bug fixes.
1612027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Code cleanup.
1712027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de
1812027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de* SystemC 2.2
1912027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  Production release of SystemC 2.2
2012027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Compliance to IEEE Std 1666-2005
2112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de
2212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de* SystemC 2.2 Beta
2312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  Beta release of SystemC 2.2
2412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Bug fixes.
2512027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Code cleanup.
2612027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Major new functionality
2712027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Compliance with the IEEE 1666 SystemC Language reference module.
2812027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Platforms and compilers supported (added since 2.1):
2912027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Support for 64-bit Linux systems gcc-3.4.3.
3012027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Linux with GNU C++ compiler version gcc-4.0.1.
3112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o MacOS X with GNU C++ compiler version gcc-4.0.0.
3212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de
3312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de* SystemC 2.1 
3412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  Release of SystemC 2.1
3512027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Bug fixes.
3612027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Code cleanup.
3712027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Major new functionality
3812027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Dynamic process support, including synchronization primitives.
3912027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Mixed concatenation and concatenation of long types.
4012027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Event queue support.
4112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Exported interfaces: sc_export.
4212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o New error reporting API.
4312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Platforms and compilers supported (added since 2.0.1 Production):
4412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Solaris 2.8 with Sun CC compiler version Forte 7 and gcc-3.2.3
4512027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Linux (Redhat 9.0) with GNU C++ compiler version gcc-3.2.2
4612027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Linux (Redhat 8.0) with GNU C++ compiler version gcc-2.95.3 and gcc-3.2.3
4712027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o MacOS X with GNU C++ compiler version gcc-3.1 and gcc-3.3.
4812027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Windows NT 4.0 (SP6a) with VC++ 7.0 
4912027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de
5012027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de* SystemC 2.0.1 
5112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  Production release of SystemC 2.0.1
5212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Bug fixes.
5312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Code cleanup.
5412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Simple bus example included.
5512027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Platforms supported (changed from 2.0 Production):
5612027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Sun Solaris 2.7 and 2.8 with GNU C++ compiler version gcc-2.95.3
5712027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Linux (Redhat 6.2) with GNU C++ compiler version gcc-2.95.3
5812027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Linux (Redhat 7.2) with GNU C++ compiler version gcc-2.95.3
5912027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o HP-UX 11.00 with HP C++ compiler version A.03.33
6012027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de      (Note: +O1 is the highest safe optimization level)
6112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Windows NT 4.0 (SP6a) with VC++ 6.0 (SP5)
6212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - First release of a regression test suite for SystemC.
6312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    The SystemC regression test suite is released separately.
6412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de
6512027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de* SystemC 2.0
6612027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  Production release of SystemC 2.0.
6712027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - All new SystemC 2.0 core language features.
6812027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - All SystemC 1.0.2 functionality (except obsoleted SystemC 0.9 features).
6912027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - No methodology-specific channels as in SystemC 1.2.1 beta.
7012027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    (Note: starting with this release, the 2.0 Core Language Features
7112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de     will be released separately from the methodology-specific libraries,
7212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de     an example of which is the Master-Slave Library of 1.2.1 beta.
7312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de     The release of the Master-Slave Library will follow this release.
7412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de     You would be able to use the Master-Slave Library in conjunction with
7512027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de     this release). 
7612027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Dynamic thread creation example provided.
7712027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Directory structure changed from 1.0.2, but same as 2.0 beta-2.
7812027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Build process changed from 1.0.2 but same as 2.0 beta-2.
7912027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Bug fixes for 2.0 beta-2.
8012027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  - Platforms supported (changed from 2.0 beta-2):
8112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Sun Solaris 2.7 and 2.8 with GNU C++ compiler version 2.95.2
8212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Sun Solaris 2.7 and 2.8 with SC6.1 and SC6.2
8312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Linux (Redhat 6.2) with GNU C++ compiler version 2.95.2
8412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o HP-UX 11.00 with aCC C++ compiler versions A.03.31 and A.03.15
8512027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de      (Note: +O1 is the highest safe optimization level)
8612027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de    o Windows NT 4.0 (SP3 and higher) with VC++6.0
8712027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de
8812027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de* SystemC 2.0 Beta-2
8912027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  Second beta release of SystemC 2.0.
9012027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de
9112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de* SystemC 2.0 Beta-1
9212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  First beta release of SystemC 2.0.
9312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de
9412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de* SystemC 1.0.2
9512027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  Bug fix release.
9612027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de
9712027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de* SystemC 1.0.1
9812027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  Bug fix release.
9912027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de
10012027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de* SystemC 1.0
10112027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  First release of new SystemC syntax and fixed-point package.
10212027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de
10312027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de* SystemC 0.91
10412027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  Second release of SystemC.
10512027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de
10612027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de* SystemC 0.9
10712027Sjungma@eit.uni-kl.de  This is the first release of SystemC.
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