Title
Efficient Simulation of Multiprocessors through Finite State Machines
Abstract
This paper introduces a new approach to the implementation of event-driven multiprocessor simulators. Cache and memory behaviour is modelled through finite state machines which use a very limited amount of storage rather than a full execution context (CPU registers, stack). The resulting simulator design is conceptually simple and clean. Furthermore, we make the point that finite state machines can be scheduled faster. Our performance figures show that simulation overhead is lower than for comparable multiprocessor simulators.
Year
DOI
Venue
1996
10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546383
EUROMICRO
Keywords
Field
DocType
automata,finite state machines,finite state machine,simulation,computational modeling,registers,switches,context modeling,discrete event simulation
Yarn,Cache,Computer science,Parallel computing,Automaton,Finite-state machine,Multiprocessing,Context model,Processor register,Discrete event simulation
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
4
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christoph Siegelin151.82
Ciaran O'Donnell242.33
Ulrich Finger352.16