Machine-code verification for multiple architectures: An application of decompilation into logic

Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design, FMCAD

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Myreen, Magnus O ^a   Gordon, Michael J C ^a   Slind, Konrad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; SPECIFICATIONS;

CODE VERIFICATIONS; DECOMPILATION; DETAILED MODELS; FORMAL SPECIFICATIONS; MACHINE CODES; MACHINE LANGUAGES; POWERPC;

FORMAL METHODS;

EID: 58049135249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FMCAD.2008.ECP.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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