Processor simulator software

[Jamo]

Hi,

Is it possible to obtrain a software simulator of a chosen processor?  I would like to verify if any chosen processor has enough grunt to perform a specific task and not have to purchase a development kit. At this stage I am looking at the 32bit processors (see my specs in my previous thread).

Is there some inexpensive way of simulating a processors capacity?

Jamo 

[J2MEJediMaster · Accepted solution]

You can download one of the free Special Edition versions of CodeWarrior. Most of them have simulators for their target processor, and can provide a tally of processor cycles. Be aware that the simulator has the processing might of the desktop's CPU behind it, so to gauge the processor load you will have to look at those cycle counts, and not the behavior of the simulator.

---Tom