A simulation generator for multiprocessor systems

Author

Israeli, Amos ; Nissim, Theodor A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol, Israel

fYear

1990

fDate

22-25 Oct 1990

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

42

Abstract

A very general simulation tool for multiprocessor systems is proposed. The definition of the simulation generator is based on consideration of two principal characteristics of multiprocessor systems, namely, communication means and temporal behavior. Simulation of a wide spectrum of systems is made possible by allowing both shared memory, and message passing as communication means, as well as by allowing any possible temporal behavior under the interleaving assumption. The rationale for the simulation generator is presented, and its main features are described together with some implementation highlights

Keywords

computer architecture; digital simulation; multiprocessing systems; communication means; interleaving; message passing; multiprocessor systems; shared memory; simulation generator; temporal behavior; Character generation; Clocks; Interleaved codes; Kernel; Message passing; Multiprocessing systems; Open systems; Operating systems; Protocols; Synchronous generators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology, 1990. 'Next Decade in Information Technology', Proceedings of the 5th Jerusalem Conference on (Cat. No.90TH0326-9)

Conference_Location

Jerusalem

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2078-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/JCIT.1990.128267

Filename

128267