DocumentCode
3154343
Title
An Object-Oriented Visual Simulator for Microprogram Development
Author
Sugimoto, Akira ; Abe, Shigeru ; Kuroda, Masahiro ; Kato, Yukio
Author_Institution
Central Research Laboratory, Mitsubishi Elec. Corp., AMAGASAKI, Japan
fYear
1986
fDate
29-2 June 1986
Firstpage
138
Lastpage
144
Abstract
This paper describes an interactive microprogram development system, mainly concentrating on a software simulator. The system is constructed using the object-oriented programming language VEGA, and has some advanced features; (1) showing a simulation process on a graphic display (visual simulation), (2) coupling of the simulator and a microprogram editor, (3) multidirectional presentation of debugging information, (4) restarting the simulation from any time (back function). This paper shows machine-independent and flexible implementation for the above features. The system has been used for developing the horizontal microprogram of the super-mini computer MELCOM MX/3000 with a vector processor.
Keywords
Computational modeling; Computer languages; Debugging; Displays; Graphics; Hardware design languages; Microarchitecture; Microprogramming; Object oriented modeling; Productivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Design Automation, 1986. 23rd Conference on
ISSN
0738-100X
Print_ISBN
0-8186-0702-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/DAC.1986.1586080
Filename
1586080
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