A Microcode Compiler That Runs on the IBM AT and Supports Cascadable Microcomputers. Part 1

Abstract

PENGUIN SOFTWARE, Inc. has developed a retargetable microcode compiler. Our approach does not have a fixed machine independent language, but allows the user to develop a language specific to each particular target machine. PENGUIN SOFTWARE's Microcode Compiler starts out with an underlying meta-assembler and builds up a higher level language capability around it. This capability allows the user to incorporate knowledge of target machine design into the language definition, and thus avoid the necessity for resource allocation and code compaction in the application program. This approach results in a microcode development tool which is a very low risk, very fast, and is capable of supporting virtually any digital hardware architecture.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 11, 1989
Accession Number
ADA215888

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People

  • Thomas H. Weight

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Assembly Languages
  • Compilers
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Debugging
  • Engineering
  • High Level Languages
  • Language
  • Microcode
  • Microprocessors
  • Microprogramming
  • Object Code
  • Security
  • Software Development
  • Standards

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  • Computer science
  • Engineering

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  • Computational Linguistics
  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
  • Database Systems and Applications