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Darren Kulp edited this page Sep 8, 2020 · 11 revisions

tenyr

Overview

tenyr is a 32-bit computer architecture and computing environment that focuses on simplicity of design and implementation. tenyr comprises :

Explore a simple online demo of the tenyr toolset.

This page serves as a general overview of the design of tenyr. It is not an exhaustive reference.


Description

General notes

tenyr has the following properties, among others :

  • single-core (no SMP, no NUMA, no threads, no multicore)
  • pure 32-bit
    • word-addressed (no endianness)
    • no concept of a data size larger or smaller than 32 bits (no bytes)
    • fixed-width, 32-bit instructions
  • no hardware stack support
    • the O register is used to maintain a stack, by ABI convention
  • no hardware floating-point
    • software floating-point support is possible but not planned
  • no integer divide (not convenient to synthesis)
  • no interrupts, exceptions, or traps
  • all devices and I/O are memory-mapped (no special I/O instructions)

Assembly language

The tenyr assembly language is algebraic, rather than mnemonic like most : it doesn't use keywords like mov or xor to signal operations to the assembler. Examples in the source tree may clarify. A detailed explanation of the assembly language syntax is found here.

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