Overview
CodeMill™ creates a virtual computer design laboratory where students can try out various architectures and cpu designs with a special focus on graphics operations. Its main philosophy is to provide a hands-on approach to understanding the fundamental computer design concepts. It is designed to be used primarily in college level computer architecture classes as a conceptual aid and design tool. A more elementary version of CodeMill™ is also being developed for computer science oriented high school programs.The main components of CodeMill™ are (1) a window for program entry,and (2) a window for displaying the registers and monitor of the computer. The program window has a palette of instructions that can be used to key in a program segment, or the user can enter his/her program more directly using the keyboard.
A unique feature of CodeMill™ that sets it apart from other computer simulation programs is a set of screen instructions with which the user can display pixel maps from a VRAM memory. Screen instructions provide a very powerful and attractive element in computer simulation.
For more information, contact the Office of Technology Commercialization, 301-405-3947 or [email protected].
Contact Info
UM Ventures
0134 Lee Building
7809 Regents Drive
College Park, MD 20742
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (301) 405-3947 | Fax: (301) 314-9502