A teaching environment to model and simulate computer processors
Sebastiano Pizzutilo, Filippo Tangorra · 2002
Abstract:- The paper describes a system to design computer processors and to simulate their behaviour during the execution of assembly user programs. The system, called APE (Architecture Prototyping Environment), is based on a dynamic object oriented definition and use of processor components. After the user choice of the architecture components, the system builds a processor simulator allowing users to study the processor behaviour. The iterative process of modelling the computer architecture, prototyping the corresponding simulator and simulating its behaviour, makes the system particularly useful in the activity of teaching computer architectures.