Title :
Parallel simulation of a dataflow architecture
Author :
Ahmed, Hallo ; Ayani, Rassul ; Rajaei, Hassan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Telecommun. & Comput. Syst., R. Inst. of Technol., Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract :
Multiprocessor systems are becoming widespread, and their prices more affordable. This suggests the use of multiprocessors in an important area of computer applications, namely in simulation. In this paper, we apply a parallel simulation scheme to a real problem: the simulation of a dataflow architecture, and we compare the performance of this simulator with that of a sequential one. Moreover, we investigate the effect of modelling the application on the performance of the simulator. Our study indicates that parallel simulation can reduce the execution time significantly if appropriate modelling is used
Keywords :
parallel architectures; parallel processing; parallel programming; virtual machines; dataflow architecture; execution time; modelling; multiprocessor systems; parallel simulation; performance; sequential simulation; Application software; Computational modeling; Computer applications; Computer architecture; Computer simulation; Concurrent computing; Costs; Multiprocessing systems; Production; Virtual prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Processing, 1993. Proceedings. Euromicro Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Gran Canaria
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3610-6
DOI :
10.1109/EMPDP.1993.336361
