Title
SATSim: a superscalar architecture trace simulator using interactive animation
Abstract
This paper describes an interactive animation tool, SATSim, which conveys superscalar architecture concepts. It has been used in an advanced undergraduate computer architecture course to visualize the complicated behavioral patterns of superscalar architectures, such as out-of-order execution, in-order commitment, and the impact of branch mispredictions and cache misses. SATSim allows students to interactively change hardware configuration parameters and to observe their effects visually in a more accessible manner than is currently possible with existing simulators or with traditional static media.
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1145/1275240.1275249
WCAE
Keywords
Field
DocType
interactive animation tool,in-order commitment,superscalar architecture trace simulator,change hardware configuration parameter,branch mispredictions,advanced undergraduate computer architecture,complicated behavioral pattern,accessible manner,superscalar architecture,superscalar architecture concept,out-of-order execution,computer architecture,out of order execution
Behavioral pattern,Computer architecture,Cache,Computer science,Interactive animation,Superscalar
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.82
3
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mark Wolff171.16
Linda Wills2636.20