Computer architecture simulators play an important role in advancing computer architecture
research. With wider research directions and the increased number of simulators that have …

Large core counts and complex cache hierarchies are increasing the burden placed on
commonly used simulation and modeling techniques. Although analytical models provide …

Developed specifically to enable research in TCP/IP networking, the M5 simulator provides
features necessary for simulating networked hosts, including full-system capability, a …

Locating moving objects in a video sequence is the first step of many computer vision
applications. Among the various motion-detection techniques, background subtraction …

Concurrency bugs are among the most difficult to test and diagnose of all software bugs. The
multicore technology trend worsens this problem. Most previous concurrency bug detection …

Prior research indicates that there is much spatial variation in applications' memory access
patterns. Modern memory systems, however, use small fixed-size cache blocks and as such …

Timing-accurate full-system multiprocessor simulations can take years because of
architecture and application complexity. Statistical sampling makes simulation-based …

In deep sub-micron ICs, growing amounts of on-die memory and scaling effects make
embedded memories increasingly vulnerable to reliability and yield problems. As scaling …

In computer architecture studies, simulators are crucial for design verification, reducing
research and development time and ensuring the high accuracy of verification results …

A key challenge in architecting a CMP with many cores is maintaining cache coherence in
an efficient manner. Directory-based protocols avoid the bandwidth overhead of snoop …