MIPS X-Ray: A Plug-in to MARS Simulator for Datapath Visualization
This paper presents the design and development of a new plug-in to the well-known MIPS Assembler and Runtime Simulator (MARS). The MIPS processor is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC), while the MARS simulator is a lightweight interactive development environment for programming in MIPS assembly language, intended for educational-level use. The proposed plug-in, called MIPS X-Ray, provides a dynamic dataflow diagram, which allows MARS users to visualize the execution of operations internally to the MIPS architecture. By using the proposed plug-in, MARS users can better analyze the developed assembly codes, improving their understanding about the MIPS processor, as well as their debugging capabilities.
Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages (MIPS) MIPS Assembler and Runtime Simulator (MARS) Dynamic Dataflow Diagram Plug-in
Guilherme C.R.Sales Marcio R.D.Araujo Flavio L.C.Padua Fabio L.Correa Junior
Department of Computing Federal Center of Technological Education of Minas Gerais Av.Amazonas, 7675.Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
国际会议
上海
英文
32-36
2010-06-22（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）