Graph based retargetable microcode compilation in the MIMOLA design system
Abstract
This paper describes a retargetable compiler, which is able to compile programs into the machine code of a specified hardware (target). The target is described at register-transfer structure level by module specifications and netlists. The program can be defined at several levels of abstraction, spanning the range from algorithmic description e.g. PASCAL) down to RT-level behavioural description. If the program is the complete target's behavioural specification the compiler can be used to verify the structural against this behavioural description.
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Published: 01 June 1988
Published in SIGMICRO Volume 19, Issue 1-2
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