TRON-specification CHIP compatibility validation

Abstract

The CHIP validation suite, a set of programs for confirming whether a CHIP implementation conforms to the TRON specifications or not, was completed. The validation suite applies to specification level <>, and tests functions of the instruction set, addressing modes, flags and exceptions, etc. These programs were made with a specially developed tool that automatically generates assembler source codes. The size of the validation suite is nearly three million steps. The authors also developed a validation environment system such as a monitor program allowing the validation suite to be run on a tested chip.<>