An object-oriented visual simulator for microprogram development

Authors:
Akira Sugimoto;Shigeru Abe;Masahiro Kuroda;Yukio Kato
Affiliations:
Central Research Laboratory, Mitsubishi Elec. Corp., 8-l-l Tsukaguchi-Honmachi, AMAGASAKI, 661, Japan;Central Research Laboratory, Mitsubishi Elec. Corp., 8-l-l Tsukaguchi-Honmachi, AMAGASAKI, 661, Japan;Computer Work, Mitsubishi Elec. Corp., 325, Kami-Machiya, KAMAKURA, 247, Japan;Computer Work, Mitsubishi Elec. Corp., 325, Kami-Machiya, KAMAKURA, 247, Japan
Venue:
DAC '86 Proceedings of the 23rd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
Year:
1986

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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.