Title :
SimWattch and learn
Author :
Chen, Jianwei ; Dubois, Michel ; Stenström, Per
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
We have introduced SimWattch, a complete system simulation environment that can be used to conduct performance and power-oriented microarchitecture explorations or revisit existing techniques from a more complete perspective taking into account operating system interactions. As a combination and extension of Simics and Wattch, SimWattch facilitates the analysis of a wider design space for computer architects and application, compiler and OS developers. In addition, it explores a new approach to cost-effective simulation tool design.
Keywords :
computer architecture; instruction sets; operating systems (computers); power aware computing; OS development; SimWattch system simulation environment; Simics; Wattch; application development; compiler development; computer architecture; cost-effective simulation tool design; instruction set simulation; operating system interaction; performance-oriented microarchitecture exploration; power-oriented microarchitecture exploration; Application software; Computational modeling; Computer applications; Data engineering; Databases; Information processing; Microarchitecture; Operating systems; Power engineering and energy; Web search;
Journal_Title :
Potentials, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPOT.2008.930447
