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+# Full System Instruction Set Simulation
+
+And instruction set simulation (ISS) is a high-level simulation
+intended to capture the behavior of the full system.
+It is useful for testing software and ideas before
+running a complete cycle-accurate simulator which
+can have low host performance and before actual hardware is
+available for testing.  Since it can exist before hardware
+is implemented in an RTL it also allows hardware/software
+co-development, taking what can be a serial process into
+a parallel workflow.
+
+# Shodan ISS Environment
+
+Shodan ISS is developed in Renode. Renode provides the ability to
+simulate a full system including custom peripherals and a heterogenous
+core configuration as is present in the Shodan SoC design.
+
+# Simulating the Secure Core
+
+Before beginning a simulation make sure to setup your workstation environment
+as described in the Getting Started document.
+
+The scripts set up an alias to launch renode:
+
+```
+renode
+```
+
+This will launch the renode console.
+To launch a simulation of the shodan secure core run the following
+command in the Renode console:
+
+```
+i @sim/config/shodan_secure.resc
+```
+
+Execute the simualtion with that following command:
+
+```
+start
+```
+
+
+It is possible to debug the running program with the following command at the console:
+
+```
+riscv64-unknown-elf-gdb --command=sim/config/gdbinit out/opentitan/build-bin/sw/device/boot_rom/boot_rom_sim_verilator.elf
+```
+