Towards Collaborative Research and Education in Computer Architecture with the Archer System

Author

Venkatasubramanian, Girish ; Wolinsky, David Isaac ; Figueiredo, Renato J.

Author_Institution

Adv. Comput. & Inf. Syst. Lab., Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

17-19 Aug. 2010

Firstpage

462

Lastpage

464

Abstract

Archer is a simulation environment and computing resource for research in the field of computer architecture. Archer facilitates the creation of an on-demand computing grid, the deployment of simulation tools on this grid and the batch scheduling of large-scale simulation jobs on this grid. These features enable the use of Archer for simulation-based research as well as dissemination of tools and results among multiple research groups. This paper overviews and reports our experience in the use of Archer for collaborative research and for education.

Keywords

batch processing (computers); computer architecture; computer science education; digital simulation; scheduling; archer system; batch scheduling; collaborative research; computer architecture; on-demand computing grid; simulation tools; simulation-based research; Collaboration; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computers; Education; Software; Tutorials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Modeling, Analysis & Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Miami Beach, FL

ISSN

1526-7539

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8181-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MASCOTS.2010.66

Filename

5581574