Graph based retargetable microcode compilation in the MIMOLA design system

  • Authors:
  • Lothar Nowak

  • Affiliations:
  • Institut für Informatik und Praktische Mathematik, University of Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40-60, D-2300 Kiel, W. Germany

  • Venue:
  • MICRO 20 Proceedings of the 20th annual workshop on Microprogramming
  • Year:
  • 1987

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Abstract

This paper describes a retargetable compiler, which is able to compile programs into the machine code of a specified hardware (target). The target is described at register-transfer structure level by module specifications and netlists. The program can be defined at several levels of abstraction, spanning the range from algorithmic description (e.g. PASCAL) down to RT-level behavioural description. If the program is the complete target's behavioural specification the compiler can be used to verify the structural against this behavioural description.