Title :
Validating trace-driven microarchitectural simulations
Author_Institution :
Motorola Inc., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
Benchmark complexity and sluggish performance analysis create an ever-increasing gap between workload size and the speed of analysis. Experimental results with a new data-sampling methodology, however, show promise in closing this gap
Keywords :
computer architecture; discrete event simulation; performance evaluation; benchmark complexity; data-sampling methodology; performance analysis; trace-driven microarchitectural simulations; Analytical models; Context modeling; Design engineering; Difference equations; Information analysis; Microarchitecture; Performance analysis; Pipelines; Predictive models; Sampling methods;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
