Efficient Modeling And Simulation Of A Virtually Shared Memory Architecture

Abstract

Modeling and simulation have been assigned crucial roles in the design, development, analysis and evaluation of computer architectures. The design of parallel architectures in particular is a complex and difficult endeavor that makes modeling and simulation essential tools. In this case, high simulation performance is a prerequisite since, large workloads need to be simulated for a realistic analysis of the parallel system. This paper presents the approach that has been followed for the modeling and simulation of PiSMA, a virtual shared memory parallel architecture, scaleable up to 100s of processors. 1. INTRODUCTION Technological and architectural advances have dramatically increased the size and complexity of computer system designs. The need to cope with this complexity and the requirement for shorter development times and reduced design costs have assigned key roles to discrete event simulation modeling [15] [19] in computer architecture research. Discrete event simulation modeli..