MMP16 a 16-bit Didactic Micro-Programmed Micro-Processor

MMP16 stands for 16-bit Didactic Micro-Programmed Micro-Processor and consists in a comprehensive learning tool for those students of electric engineering and related disciplines that, having studied the basics of digital electronics, need to understand the principles of computer organization prior to study advanced computer architecture. Therefore, MMP16 has been designed as a bridge between the study and use of digital electronic components and a full implementation of a digital microprocessor. MMP16 is a powerful tool not only to depict the basic concepts of a microprocessor layout and operation, but also to instruct advanced concepts such as pipelining. Besides the theoretical approach, MMP16 may be used as a software developing tool, allowing the students to develop and test their own microprograms using the simulation software provided. MMP16 is currently being used in the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and its deployment is under study in several European and Chinese universities.