Towards the design of a heterogenous hierarchical machine: a simulation approach

Author

Miled, Zina Ben ; Fortes, José A B ; Eigenmann, Rudolf ; Taylor, Valerie

Author_Institution

Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

7-9 Apr 1997

Firstpage

126

Lastpage

136

Abstract

HPAM_Sim is an execution driven simulator of heterogeneous machines. HPAM_Sim allows the simulation of target machines consisting of different processors and interconnection networks. HPAM_Sim attempts to reduce simulation time by using lightweight threads and static augmentation. Additionally, simulation can be performed either in contention or non contention mode. The results of HPAM_Sim simulations were validated using two complementary approaches. As illustrated by an example, HPAM_Sim is very flexible and allows the simulation of various heterogeneous machines with non traditional organizations

Keywords

digital simulation; multiprocessing systems; virtual machines; HPAM-Sim; contention mode; execution driven simulator; heterogenous hierarchical machine design; interconnection networks; lightweight threads; non contention mode; non traditional organizations; simulation approach; simulation time; static augmentation; target machines; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Delay; High performance computing; Memory architecture; Network topology; Parallel processing; Performance analysis; Yarn;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Symposium, 1997. Proceedings., 30th Annual

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1080-241X

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7934-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIMSYM.1997.586503

Filename

586503