Open AccessAn overview of the MATHILDA system
Author(s) -
Peter Kornerup,
Bruce D. Shriver
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
daimi pb
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2245-9316
pISSN - 0105-8517
DOI - 10.7146/dpb.v3i34.6455
Subject(s) - computer science , masking (illustration) , scheme (mathematics) , path (computing) , computer hardware , embedded system , computer architecture , operating system , art , mathematical analysis , mathematics , visual arts
A dynamically microprogrammable processor called MATHILDA is described. MATHILDA has been designed to be used as a tool in emulator and processor design research. It has a very general microinstruction sequencing scheme, sophisticated masking and shifting capability, high speed local storage, a 64-bit wide main data path, a horizontalty encoded microinstruction, and other facilities which make it reasonably well suited for this purpose. This paper presents an overview of the MATHILDA system.