Title :
Accurate Functional-First Multicore Simulators
Author :
Chiou, D. ; Angepat, H. ; Patil, N. ; Dam Sunwoo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
Fast and accurate simulation of multicore systems requires a parallelized simulator. This paper describes a novel method to build cycle-accurate-capable and parallelizable functional-first simulators of multicore targets.
Keywords :
circuit simulation; field programmable gate arrays; FPGA-accelerated simulation technologies; functional-first multicore simulators; multicore system simulation; parallelized simulator; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Instruction sets; Microarchitecture; Multicore processing; Predictive models; Software prototyping; Timing; Virtual machining; Virtual prototyping; Modeling and Visualization; Modeling of computer architecture; Modeling techniques; Multi-core/single-chip multiprocessors; Parallel; Parallel Architectures; Performance Analysis and Design Aids; Simulation; System architectures; integration and modeling;
Journal_Title :
Computer Architecture Letters
DOI :
10.1109/L-CA.2009.44
