Interactive design environment having design tool portion and density display portion

摘要

Exemplary embodiments provide an interactive tool that allows users to design and evaluate storage mechanisms while program code executes. For example, an embodiment uses compact histogram density scales (CHDS's) to display count information for bins making up the storage mechanism (e.g., a register). The user can determine whether counts are within a desirable range, exceeding an overflow threshold, or exceeding an underflow threshold for a bin. Embodiments allow the user to observe overflow/underflow thresholds, signedness, word lengths, fraction lengths, etc., while program code that interacts with the register executes.

主权项

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media, storing:
one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor of a device, cause the processor to: execute program code using the processor, the program code:
creating a first representation, the first representation representing a first storage mechanism, the first storage mechanism having bins, andcreating a second representation, the second representation representing a second storage mechanism, the second storage mechanism having bins; determine values for data written to the bins of the first storage mechanism; determine values for data written to the bins of the second storage mechanism; represent the data values for the bins of the first storage mechanism and the data values for the bins of the second storage mechanism using a compact histogram density scale (CHDS); displaying the CHDS for the first storage mechanism using the first representation; and displaying the CHDS for the second storage mechanism using the second representation.