a visual microprogramming system
A visual microprogramming system has been developed to support all aspects of the microprogramming process for a microprogrammed computer. The user can specify microoperations on a displayed hardware configuration. A graphical microprogram list has also been designed to display several microinstructions on the screen. Optimization may also be done on the screen. A visual simulator graphically illustrates the execution of microoperations on the screen, while allowing the user to control the simulator by using several commands. Preliminary evaluation results are also presented.
visualization microprogramming systems support aspect process computation user hardware configurability graphics optimality simulation control evaluation