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* Interval model: a fast, high-abstraction level core simulation model using the interval model | * Interval model: a fast, high-abstraction level core simulation model using the interval model | ||
* CPI stack generation | * CPI stack generation | ||
| + | * x86-64 architecture support | ||
* Python scripting support (DVFS control, etc.) | * Python scripting support (DVFS control, etc.) | ||
| + | * OpenMP support | ||
* Simulation statistics collection (sim.stats) | * Simulation statistics collection (sim.stats) | ||
** Support scripts for parsing and understanding statistics | ** Support scripts for parsing and understanding statistics | ||
| − | * Multi-OS support (RedHat, Ubuntu, Debian support) | + | * ROI (region of interest) support |
| + | * Multi-OS support (RedHat, Ubuntu, Debian support/gcc 4.3 or higher) | ||
* Easy debugging of the simulator, and applications running in Pin (--gdb, --appdebug) | * Easy debugging of the simulator, and applications running in Pin (--gdb, --appdebug) | ||
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* Multiple instrumentation modes | * Multiple instrumentation modes | ||
| − | ** | + | ** Faster cache-only pre-ROI simulation before detailed simulation |
* Stackable configurations | * Stackable configurations | ||
| − | ** Example: Use nehalem | + | ** Example: Use the nehalem microarchitecture with the big-cache configuration ("-c nehalem -c big-cache") |
== Hardware features== | == Hardware features== | ||
| − | * Accurate core model | + | * Accurate core model [ [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HPCA.2010.5416636 ref],[http://users.elis.ugent.be/~leeckhou/papers/hpca10.pdf pdf] ] |
| − | * Parametric shared | + | * Parametric shared cache model |
| − | * Modern Pentium-M-style branch predictor | + | * Modern Pentium-M-style branch predictor [ [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISPASS.2009.4919652 ref] ] |
Latest revision as of 13:21, 3 May 2012
Simulator features
- Interval model: a fast, high-abstraction level core simulation model using the interval model
- CPI stack generation
- x86-64 architecture support
- Python scripting support (DVFS control, etc.)
- OpenMP support
- Simulation statistics collection (sim.stats)
- Support scripts for parsing and understanding statistics
- ROI (region of interest) support
- Multi-OS support (RedHat, Ubuntu, Debian support/gcc 4.3 or higher)
- Easy debugging of the simulator, and applications running in Pin (--gdb, --appdebug)
- Multiple instrumentation modes
- Faster cache-only pre-ROI simulation before detailed simulation
- Stackable configurations
- Example: Use the nehalem microarchitecture with the big-cache configuration ("-c nehalem -c big-cache")
