Editing SystemC (section)

== History ==
* 1999-09-27 Open SystemC Initiative announced
* 2000-03-01 SystemC V0.91 released
* 2000-03-28 SystemC V1.0 released
* 2001-02-01 SystemC V2.0 specification and V1.2 Beta source code released
* 2003-06-03 SystemC 2.0.1 LRM (language reference manual) released
* 2005-06-06 SystemC 2.1 LRM and TLM 1.0 transaction-level modeling standard released
* 2005-12-12 IEEE approves the IEEE 1666&ndash;2005 standard for SystemC
* 2007-04-13 SystemC v2.2 released
* 2008-06-09 TLM-2.0.0 library released
* 2009-07-27 TLM-2.0 LRM released, accompanied by TLM-2.0.1 library
* 2010-03-08 [[SystemC AMS]] extensions 1.0 LRM released
* 2011-11-10 IEEE approves the IEEE 1666&ndash;2011 standard for SystemC<ref>(November 10, 2011) [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20111109006054/en/IEEE-Approves-Revised-IEEE-1666%E2%84%A2-%E2%80%9CSystemC-Language%E2%80%9D IEEE Approves Revised IEEE 1666™ “SystemC Language” Standard for Electronic System-Level Design, Adding Support for Transaction-level Modeling]</ref>
* 2016-04-06 IEEE approves the IEEE 1666.1&ndash;2016 standard for [[SystemC AMS]]
* 2023-06-05 IEEE approves the IEEE 1666&ndash;2023 standard

SystemC traces its origins to work on Scenic programming language described in a DAC 1997 paper.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Liao, Stan |author2=Tjiang, Steve |author3=Gupta, Rajesh |url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/doc/10.1.1.56.6483 | citeseerx = 10.1.1.56.6483 | title = ScenicDAC1997 | year = 1997 | pages = 70–75 }}</ref>

[[ARM Holdings|ARM]] Ltd., [[CoWare]], [[Synopsys]] and CynApps teamed up to develop SystemC (CynApps later became [[Forte Design Systems]]) to launch it first draft version in 1999.<ref>Synopsys and Co-Ware Inc., which did much of the work behind the SystemC -- http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/1999/12/07/13906/stm-synopsys-in-3-year-rampd-deal.htm
</ref><ref>"[[ARM Holdings|ARM]] is pleased that [[Synopsys]], [[CoWare]] and other companies have come together on SystemC, because if it is taken up by the industry, it simplifies our world," said [[Tudor Brown]], chief technology officer of [[ARM Holdings|ARM]] Ltd" in Babel of languages competing for role in SoC  -  http://www.eetimes.com/ip99/ip99story1.html</ref>  The chief competitor at the time was [[SpecC]] another C based open source package developed by [[UC Irvine]] personnel and some Japanese companies.

In June 2000, a standards group known as the [[Open SystemC Initiative]] was formed to provide an industry neutral organization to host SystemC activities and to allow Synopsys' largest competitors, Cadence and Mentor Graphics, democratic representation in SystemC development.