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Study of the techniques for emulationprogramming
(By a bored and boring guy)
The Author: Victor Moya del BarrioDirector: Agustin Fernandez
Computer Science Engenieering – FIB UPC
18 June 2001
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Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction. 9
1. Motivation and purpose of the study.
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2. What do we call an emulator?
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3. Small history of emulation.
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4. Related topics.
12Chapter 2. Introduction to the process of emulation. 14
1. Basic structure/algortihm of an emulator. 142. The CPU emulation core. 17
2.1. CPU emulator: Interpreter 182.2. CPU emulator: Binary Translation. 18
3. The memory emulation subsistem. 204. CPU and emulated devices communication. Interrupts and timing. 215. Graphic hardware emulation. 226. Sound hardware emulation. 237. Other devices. 248. Testing the emulator. 249. Searching for information and other aspects of emulation. 25
Chapter 3. CPU emulation: Interpreters. 26
1. Basic interpreter CPU emulator. 26
The CPU status. 26The fetch-decode loop. 30Instruction emulation. 36Flags. 38Memory. 39Interrupts. 41Core interface. 42
Appendix A: Space Invaders/i8080 Tutorial. 44
2. Assembly Emulators. 44
Portabilty vs performace. 45Similiraties between CPUs. 46Register usage. 46Optimizations. 47Code emitters vs assembly macros. 50
3. Threaded Code. 51
Study of the techniques for emulation programming by Victor Moya del Barrio
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Sections
« prev | next »- Chapter 1. Introduction
- 1. Motivation and Purpose of the Study
- 2. What do we call an emulator?
- 3. Small History of Emulation
- 4. Related topics
- Chapter 2. Introduction to the process of emulation
- 1. Basic Structure/Algorithm of an Emulator
- 2. The CPU emulation core
- 2.1. CPU emulator: Interpreter
- 3. The Memory Emulation Subsystem
- 4. CPU and emulated devices communication. Interrupts and Timing
- 5. Graphic Hardware Emulation
- 6. Sound Hardware Emulation
- 7. Other devices
- 8. Testing the emulator
- 9. Searching for information and other aspects of emulation
- Chapter 3. CPU emulation: Interpreters
- 1. Basic interpreter CPU emulator
- The CPU status
- The fetch-decode loop
- Figure 11. RISC instruction decoding (fixed lenght)
- Instruction emulation
- Flags
- Memory
- Interrupts
- Core interface
- Appendix A: Space Invaders/i8080 tutorial
- 2. Assembly emulators
- Register usage
- Optimizations
- Code emitters vs assembly macros
- Basic concept behind threaded code
- Implementation of threaded code
- Related works
- 4. Advanced questions about interpreters
- Interpreters for simulators
- First pass interpreter and profiler
- Advanced: Inlining and Pipelined interpreters for VLIW CPUs
- Integrated CPU cores
- Using library CPU cores
- Related work
- Chapter 4. CPU emulation: Binary Translation
- 1. Introduction to Binary Translation
- Binary translation
- Types of binary translation
- Basic concepts
- Examples
- 2. Static Binary Translation
- Basic Algorithm
- Intermediate Representations
- Local and global optimizations
- Code Generation
- Run-time
- Implementations
- 3. Dynamic Binary Translation
- Basic algorithm of dynamic binary translation
- Translation cache
- Interpreter and Profiler
- Translation Unit
- Register Allocation
- Chapter 5. Memory, Interrupts and Timing
- 1. Memory emulation
- Memory Map. Region List
- Memory Banking
- Other implementations
- Memory Management Unit (MMU)
- Endianness and CPU data size
- 2. Interrupts and exceptions
- Exceptions
- 3. Timing
- 4. Others
- Float Point Emulation
- Vector instruction emulation
- Chapter 6. Graphic Emulation
- 1. Graphics in computers
- 2. Types of graphic hardware
- 3. Tiled based graphic engines emulation
- The SMS VDP
- The background layer
- The sprite layer
- Handling priorities
- The palette
- Vertical and horizontal interrupts
- Emulating the SMS VDP
- A more advanced VDP: Genesis
- 4. Plain 2D graphic generation
- Chapter 7. Sound Emulation
- 1. Sound in computers
- 2. Types of sound hardware
- 3. Wave generator based sound hardware
- PSG emulation
- FM emulation
- 4. Sample based sound generation
- Chapter 8. Information, testing and legal
- 1. The information. Research. Reverse Engineering
- 2. Testing and debugging
- 3. Legal and Commercial aspects of emulation
- Chapter 9. Conclusion
- 1. Initial objectives
- 2. Objectives acomplished
- 3. Further work
- References
- Bibliography
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