A survey of computer architecture simulation techniques and tools

A Akram, L Sawalha - Ieee Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Computer architecture simulators play an important role in advancing computer architecture
research. With wider research directions and the increased number of simulators that have …

× 86 computer architecture simulators: A comparative study

A Akram, L Sawalha - 2016 IEEE 34th International Conference …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The significance of computer architecture simulators in advancing computer architecture
research is widely acknowledged. Computer architects have developed numerous …

Validation of the gem5 simulator for x86 architectures

A Akram, L Sawalha - 2019 IEEE/ACM Performance Modeling …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
gem5 has been extensively used in computer architecture simulations and in the evaluation
of new architectures for HPC (high performance computing) systems. Previous work has …

BZSim: Fast, Large-Scale Microarchitectural Simulation with Detailed Interconnect Modeling

P Strikos, A Ejaz, I Sourdis - 2024 IEEE International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modeling of on-chip interconnects in microarchitectural simulations is becoming more
important. Chips continue to increase their number of cores, ie, via 3D stacking and multi …

A Comparative Study on Simulation Frameworks for AI Accelerator Evaluation

C Åleskog, H Grahn, A Borg - 2024 IEEE International Parallel …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Domain-Specific Hardware Accelerators (DSHA) are natural components in the evolution of
general computers. However, designing and simulating hardware in Hardware Description …

COBRA: A framework for evaluating compositions of hardware branch predictors

J Zhao, A Gonzalez, A Amid… - … Analysis of Systems …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present COBRA, a framework which enables a realistic hardware-guided methodology
for evaluating compositions of hardware branch predictors. COBRA provides a common …

Cache associativity analysis of multicore systems

D Ramtake, N Singh, S Kumar… - … Conference on Computer …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, Multicore processor is a single processor which contains number of cores on a
chip. The cores are functional units made up of computation units and caches. Multicore …

Simulation of a multi-core computer system in the gem5 simulator

AN Semakin - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Numerical solution of numerous modern problems in the area of science and technology
can only be performed on powerful wor stations and supercomputers. However, these wor …

Fast and accurate memory simulation by integrating DRAMSim2 into McSimA+

K Bick, DT Nguyen, HJ Lee, H Kim - Electronics, 2018 - mdpi.com
Computer architecture simulators play a crucial role in the verification of a new system's
design. However, a single simulator may not be sufficient in covering detailed modeling of …

Semi-automatic validation of cycle-accurate simulation infrastructures: The case for gem5-x86

JM Cebrian, A Barredo, H Caminal, M Moretó… - Future Generation …, 2020 - Elsevier
Since the early 70s, simulation infrastructures have been a keystone in computer
architecture research, providing a fast and reliable way to prototype and evaluate ideas for …