How to use SimPoint to pick simulation points

1 March 2004

journal article
Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review

Vol. 31 (4) , 25-30
https://doi.org/10.1145/1054907.1054913

Abstract

Understanding the cycle level behavior of a processor running an application is crucial to modern computer architecture research. To gain this understanding, detailed cycle level simulators are typically employed. Unfortunately, this level of detail comes at the cost of speed, and simulating the full execution of an industry standard benchmark on even the fastest simulator can take weeks to months to complete. This fact has not gone unnoticed, and several techniques have been developed aimed at reducing simulation time.

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