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Von Neumann virtual machine


Summary

Machine accepts as an input binary files prepared by asm interpreter. These files contain:

  • own memory needed for execution (runtime memory cost is O(1))
  • pseudo-machine code

Then the VM executes binaries according to the following principles:

  1. Addressability principle
  2. Consistency principle
  3. Sequential execution principle
  4. Hard architecture principle

These principles characterize classic Von Neumann architecture.

VM supports labels, procedures and recursion.

Theoretical aspects

Von Neumann architecture is the one that is used in almost all modern CPUs due to it's more easy to develop and use then alternative model, Harvard architecture .

It can be characterized by 4 main principles.

Addressability principle means that you can get a physical location of any data or code in machine.

Consistency principle is about homogeneous structure of memory in such machines. This is because commands and data are stored together.

Sequential execution principle represents the idea of that the ordinary program flow is consistence. Commands execute in the same order as they're stored (and written)

Hard architecture principle focuses on that the machine's memory can't be increased during runtime. It's fixed and in case of VM, it's also built in binary file.

Implementation overview

Binary file is produced by Interpreter defined in interpreter.py It supports certain set of commands that emulate main real assembly commands. Here is the full list of them:

  • add
  • sub
  • mul
  • inp
  • out
  • j0
  • j1
  • jump
  • call
  • push
  • pop
  • ret
  • halt
  • load
  • store

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