Title :
A technique for the distributed simulation of parallel computers
Author :
Ricciulli, Livio
Author_Institution :
SRI Int., USA
Abstract :
A new technique for the efficient asynchronous discrete event-driven simulation of parallel shared-memory computers is proposed. Our execution-driven methodology, while introducing minimal synchronization overhead to maintain a coherent distributed event causality relation, allows complete virtualization of the design at all levels and therefore is very flexible. We give a detailed description of the proposed technique together with some preliminary performance results we obtained by implementing our parallelization technique on a CM-5 computer
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; parallel machines; shared memory systems; virtual machines; CM-5 computer; coherent distributed event causality relation; complete virtualization; distributed simulation; efficient asynchronous discrete event-driven simulation; execution-driven methodology; minimal synchronization overhead; parallel computers; parallel shared-memory computers; Access protocols; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Concurrent computing; Context modeling; Contracts; Discrete event simulation; Distributed computing; Hardware; Parallel machines;
Conference_Titel :
Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, 1995. MASCOTS '95., Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Durham, NC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6902-0
DOI :
10.1109/MASCOT.1995.378679
