Simple Machine (Multiple Processes and IPC)

Summary

• Implemented a command-line program executing assembly codes with a simplified instruction set
• Utilized two forked processes to simulate a simple computer system consisting of a CPU and memory
• Applied a Unix pipeline to communicate between the CPU and memory
• Implemented a simplified instruction set to exhibit important low-level behaviors of an operating system, including:
  1. Processor interaction with main memory
  2. Processor instruction behavior
  3. Role of registers
  4. Stack processing
  5. Procedure calls
  6. System calls
  7. Interrupt handling
  8. Memory protection

Project Information

• Course: Operating Systems Concepts (CS 5348)
• Professor: Greg Ozbirn
• Semester: Spring 2016
• Programming Language: C++
• Build Tool: CMake