Title :
MATTRESS: an integrated environment for the design, analysis and programming of digital systems
Author :
Charlton, C.C. ; Jackson, D. ; Leng, P.H. ; Little, J. ; Russell, P.C.
Author_Institution :
Liverpool Univ., UK
Abstract :
MATTRESS is a software environment for the study of digital system behaviour through simulation and the development of software or microcode for the simulated system. A description of the target system, at any level of abstraction from architectural level down to gate level, is used to derive a model of the system in the form of a directed graph, with which simulation proceeds using a demand-driven strategy to reduce unnecessary evaluation. The authors present an overview of the simulation generation process and describe the simulation method and the principal features of the user interface
Keywords :
digital systems; directed graphs; microprogramming; programming environments; systems analysis; virtual machines; MATTRESS; abstraction; architectural level; demand-driven strategy; digital system behaviour; directed graph; gate level; integrated environment; microcode; microprogram/architectures testing tool; retargetable environment; simulated system; simulation generation process; simulation method; simulator synthesiser; software environment; user interface;
Conference_Titel :
UK IT 1990 Conference
Conference_Location :
Southampton
