A microprogramming simulator for instructional use

Authors:
J. R. Parker;K. Becker
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N-IN4;Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N-IN4
Venue:
SIGSCE '84 Proceedings of the fifteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
1984

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Abstract

The teaching of computer architecture at a low level is made difficult by the complexity of the real systems which are used as examples and tools. This paper describes a processor simulation system which is intended for use at the second and third year undergraduate level for teaching techniques and concepts in the implementation of instruction sets and microprogramming. The important features of this system are in the user interface, and not necessarily in the actual processor which is simulated.