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Techniques for automatic generation of instruction-set documentation

US8522221B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

SYNOPSYS, INC. · US

Inventors

Gunnar Braun · Aachen, DE
Andreas Hoffmann · North Bend, US
Volker Greive · Aachen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 9, 2011
Grant date	Aug 27, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 9, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/73
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for the automatic generation of user guides. Specifically, the method of the present invention includes accessing an abstract processor model of a processor, wherein said abstract processor model is represented using a hierarchical architecture description language (ADL). The abstract processor model includes a plurality of instructions arranged in a hierarchical structure. An internal representation of the abstract processor model is generated by flattening the abstract processor model. The flattening process generates a plurality of rules grouped by common convergent instructions. Each rule describes an instruction path through the hierarchical structure that converges at a corresponding convergent instruction. An instruction-set documentation is automatically generated from the plurality of rules, wherein the instruction-set documentation is arranged convergent instruction by convergent instruction.

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