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Roots of the term '''TLM''', or "'''Where is the Level in TLM?'''"

TLM was supposed to come out as TBM (= transaction-based modeling). In 2000, Thorsten Grötker, R&D Manager at [[Synopsys]] was preparing a presentation on the communication mechanism in what was to become the [[SystemC]] 2.0 standard. Gilles Baillieu, then a corporate application engineer at [[Synopsys]], insisted that the new term had to contain "level", as in "[[register -transfer level]]" or "behavioral level". The fact that TLM does not denote a single level of abstraction but rather a modeling technique didn't make him change his mind. It had to be "level" in order to make it stick. So it became "TLM", and it stuck.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}

The Open SystemC Initiative was formed to standardize and proliferate the use of the SystemC language. That organization is sponsored by major [[Electronic design automation|EDA]] vendors and user customers sharing a common interest in facilitating tool development and IP interoperability. The organization developed the OSCI simulator for open use and distribution.