| Original author(s) | Dale Skrien[1] |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 4.0.11
/ August, 2017 |
| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | MS-Windows, Linux, Mac (Cross-platform) |
| Type | IDE |
| License | GPLv3+ |
| Website | www |
CPU Sim is a software development environment for the simulation of simple computers. It was developed by Dale Skrien to help students understand computer architectures. With this application the user is able to simulate new or existing simple CPUs. Users can create new virtual CPUs with custom machine language instructions, which are implemented by a sequence of micro instructions. CPU Sim allows the user to edit and run assembly language programs for the CPU being simulated.
CPU Sim has been programmed using the Java Swing package. This means that it is platform independent (runs on every platform that has a Java virtual machine installed).