Open AccessA Description of the MATHILDA Processor
Author(s) -
Bruce D. Shriver,
Peter Kornerup
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
daimi pb
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2245-9316
pISSN - 0105-8517
DOI - 10.7146/dpb.v4i52.6471
Subject(s) - computer science , interpreter , masking (illustration) , path (computing) , computer hardware , scheme (mathematics) , operating system , embedded system , parallel computing , programming language , 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 interpreter 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 partially encoded microinstruction, and other features which make it reasonably well suited for this purpose. Also, hardware modification is relatively easily undertaken to enhance the experimental nature of the machine. Revised version (first version 1975).