MicroTiger: a graphical microcode simulator with a reconfigurable datapath

Authors:
Brian G. VanBuren;Muhammad Shaaban
Affiliations:
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY;Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Venue:
Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
2007

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Abstract

This paper describes the MicroTiger software that combines a graphical microcode simulator with a reconfigurable data-path. The resulting implented simulator is able to fill the void in microprogramming tools since there are no graphical microcode simulators that allow such customization of the datapath. The customization of the datapath goes beyond allowing different files specifying the datapath, it allows the datapath to be created and modified using the graphical interface like a circuit editor. In the acadic setting, MicroTiger provides easier microcode testing on the instruction level for instructors and provides simulation debugging through code tracing and breakpoints for students.