Title :
Introducing MicroBlaze as an infrastructure for performance modeling
Author :
Obeidat, Fadi ; Klenke, Robert
Author_Institution :
Performance Modeling Team, Atom Processor Archit. - Intel, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose using the Xilinx-MicroBlaze platform as an infrastructure for developing necessary skills and introducing basic concepts in performance modeling. This infrastructure is built by augmenting the MicroBlaze soft-core processor with an FPGA-based profiling mechanism allowing an easy analysis of the functional behavior of a target algorithm. Using the MicroBlaze as reference architecture for extracting functional statistics, these statistics can be employed to assist in modeling the performance of different processor architectures against a set of specific applications.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; electronic engineering education; field programmable gate arrays; microprocessor chips; statistical analysis; FPGA-based profiling mechanism; MicroBlaze soft-core processor; Xilinx-MicroBlaze platform; functional statistics extraction; processor architectures; reference architecture; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computers; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Microarchitecture; FPGA-based profiling; computer engineering education; embedded systems; performance modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronic Systems Education (MSE), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0548-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0550-2
DOI :
10.1109/MSE.2011.5937101
