Title :
SMDSS-a structured microcode development and simulation system
Author :
Smati, Djahida ; Hwang, Jerry ; Papachristou, C.
Author_Institution :
Synopsys Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA
Abstract :
The paper presents a software environment SMDSS for specification, simulation, and design of digital systems based on the concept of modularity in microprogramming. It provides a hardware description language SMDSL, a modular microcode generator, and a functional simulator. Besides the distinction of structural and behavioral parts in a digital system description, the language covers high level structured constructs to facilitate the control sequencing. The microcode generator implementation is based on a previously developed microprogram control architecture which has been improved to enable the presence of structured constructs. The functional simulator is developed to allow testing the design validity
Keywords :
development systems; microprogramming; programming environments; specification languages; virtual machines; SMDSL; SMDSS; design validity; digital systems; functional simulator; hardware description language; microprogram control architecture; microprogramming; modular microcode generator; modularity; simulation system; software environment; structured microcode development; Buildings; Computer architecture; Control systems; Decoding; Digital systems; Hardware; Microprogramming; Signal generators; Testing; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Microprogramming and Microarchitecture. Micro 23. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Workshop and Symposium., Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2124-9
DOI :
10.1109/MICRO.1990.151451
