USING SPECIAL FEATURES
You can enhance the performance of Architecture Animator 1.0
by using the features explained below. Currently the default is
the simplified view that does not include the control lines and
other control elements of the micro-architecture. However, you
can use additional features of the View menu:
- View/Show data to
show all possible data values at all five stages
- View/Hide data to
hide all data values at all five stages
- View/Show control to show all control
values
- View/Hide control to hide all pop-up
windows for the control values

- To display the data values for all the
lines in a single stage use Show/Hide button at the
bottom of each stage.

- Select
View/Assembly code.
A box with MIPS Assembly code will appear in the right.
Background colors of the lines of the Assembly code
correspond to the colors at the bottom of each stage. You
can also click on the Instruction Memory box to display
the Assembly code. The second click will close the
Assembly code window.

- Select
View/Register File.
A window with the current values of the registers will
appear. The second click will close the Register File
window.

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