Wisconsin Wind Tunnel II: a fast, portable parallel architecture simulator

Author

Mukherjee, Shubhendu S. ; Reinhardt, Steven K. ; Falsafi, Babak ; Litzkow, Mike ; Hill, Mark D. ; Wood, David A. ; Huss-Lederman, Steven ; Larus, James R.

Author_Institution

Compaq Comput. Corp., Shrewsbury, MA, USA

Volume

8

Issue

4

fYear

2000

Firstpage

12

Lastpage

20

Abstract

To analyze new parallel computers, developers must rapidly simulate designs running realistic workloads. Historically, direct execution and a parallel host have accelerated simulations, although these techniques have typically lacked portability. Through four key operations, the Wisconsin Wind Tunnel II can easily run simulations on Sparc platforms ranging from a workstation cluster to an asymmetric multiprocessor

Keywords

multiprocessing programs; multiprocessing systems; parallel architectures; software portability; virtual machines; workstation clusters; Sparc platforms; Wisconsin Wind Tunnel II; asymmetric multiprocessor; direct execution; parallel computers; portable parallel architecture simulator; system simulation; workloads; workstation cluster; Assembly; Clocks; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Concurrent computing; Instruments; Parallel architectures; Parallel processing; Processor scheduling; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Concurrency, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1092-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4434.895100

Filename

895100