LY86-64: Implementation And Evaluation Of A Y86 Browser-Based Simulator
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Chau Bao Ly (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
- Advisor
- Cindy Norris
Abstract: The Y86-64 PIPE project is a seminal project for Appalachian State University Computer Science majors. For many students, it is their first software product of significant size. After completing the project, students have a better understanding of computer systems and the software engineering skills and tools needed to develop large pieces of software. However, to implement the code, students need a sophisticated understanding of the machine being simulated. Of particular difficulty is the control logic and signals that direct the stages of the PIPE machine. Several Y86-64 simulators are available, but existing simulators display only the contents of memory and general-purpose registers. They do not provide a visualization of the complicated control logic and signals applied to pipeline registers. For this reason, we undertook the development of the LY86-64 (pronounced “lee 86-64”), a Y86-64 browser-based simulator. A survey of 47 students, some currently studying the Y86-64 PIPE machine and some who studied the machine in a previous semester, found that 100% of respondents believed that the simulator provides a better understanding of the control logic.
LY86-64: Implementation And Evaluation Of A Y86 Browser-Based Simulator
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Honors Project
- Ly, C. (2021). LY86-64: Implementation And Evaluation Of A Y86 Browser-Based Simulator. Unpublished Honors Thesis. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
- Language: English
- Date: 2021
- Keywords
- y86, simulator, pipeline architecture, assembly, x86