@inproceedings{56c87a4b72bc48269b3fc6912aafb4b0,
title = "An instruction set process calculus",
abstract = "We have created a calculus for reasoning about hardware and firmware at the algorithmic state machine (ASM) and instruction-set processor (ISP) levels of description. The calculus is a value-passing process algebra that extends the Mealy machine model to include paral-lel composition. It supports reasoning about the composed behavior of synchronous ASM and ISP components and microcode. We present an overview of the calculus and its application including an example show-ing the equivalence of a microcoded machine to its target instruction set specified by both ASM and ISP descriptions. The calculus, its properties, and the examples have been deeply embedded, proved, and verified as conservative extensions to the logic of the Higher Order Logic (HOL90) theorem prover.",
author = "Chin, {Shiu Kai} and Kim, {Jang Dae}",
year = "1998",
doi = "10.1007/3-540-49519-3_29",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "3540651918",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "451--468",
editor = "Ganesh Gopalakrishnan and Phillip Windley",
booktitle = "Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design - 2nd International Conference, FMCAD 1998, Proceedings",
note = "2nd International Conference on Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design, FMCAD 1998 ; Conference date: 04-11-1998 Through 06-11-1998",
}