DocumentCode
1156750
Title
Efficient Sampling Startup for SimPoint
Author
Van, Michael ; Calder, Biesbrouck Brad ; Eeckhout, Lieven
Author_Institution
California Univ., CA
Volume
26
Issue
4
fYear
2006
Firstpage
32
Lastpage
42
Abstract
Sampling techniques dramatically shorten simulation times for industry-standard benchmarks, but establishing the correct architecture and microarchitecture states at the beginning of each sample can be time-consuming. This article compares the accuracy and speed of various sampling startup techniques, introducing touched memory image and memory hierarchy state. Together, these two techniques reduce sampled benchmark simulation times from hours to minutes
Keywords
digital simulation; memory architecture; sampling methods; storage allocation; industry-standard benchmark; memory hierarchy state; microarchitecture state; sampling startup technique; touched memory image; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Computer simulation; Discrete event simulation; Hardware; Image sampling; Microarchitecture; Performance evaluation; Sampling methods; SimPoint; checkpoints; computer architecture; sampling; simulation; warmup;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Micro, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0272-1732
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MM.2006.68
Filename
1677501
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