Title :
The use of Java to develop a microprocessor emulator
Author :
Cooper, Clint ; Werstein, Paul
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Otago Univ., Dunedin, New Zealand
Abstract :
The paper describes the use of Java to develop a software based emulator for a microprocessor. This emulator is used in a second year computer architecture course to teach the basics of assembly language programming. The implementation of the emulator in Java is described in detail
Keywords :
assembly language; computer architecture; computer science education; educational courses; microprocessor chips; object-oriented programming; Java; assembly language programming teaching; second year computer architecture course; software based microprocessor emulator; Assembly; Computer architecture; Computer science; Education; High level languages; Java; Microprocessors; Natural languages; Registers; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering: Education & Practice, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 International Conference
Conference_Location :
Dunedin
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8828-9
DOI :
10.1109/SEEP.1998.707660
