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A Comparative Study of Heterogeneous Processor Simulators

by Shagufta, Muhammad Aleem, Muhammad Arshad Islam, Muhammad Azhar Iqbal
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 148 - Number 12
Year of Publication: 2016
Authors: Shagufta, Muhammad Aleem, Muhammad Arshad Islam, Muhammad Azhar Iqbal
10.5120/ijca2016911316

Shagufta, Muhammad Aleem, Muhammad Arshad Islam, Muhammad Azhar Iqbal . A Comparative Study of Heterogeneous Processor Simulators. International Journal of Computer Applications. 148, 12 ( Aug 2016), 5-11. DOI=10.5120/ijca2016911316

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author = { Shagufta, Muhammad Aleem, Muhammad Arshad Islam, Muhammad Azhar Iqbal },
title = { A Comparative Study of Heterogeneous Processor Simulators },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Aug 2016 },
volume = { 148 },
number = { 12 },
month = { Aug },
year = { 2016 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 5-11 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume148/number12/25807-2016911316/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2016911316 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

In 1970’s, Gordon Moore perceived that the number of transistors in a processor would double after every 18 months. With the addition of more transistors on a single-chip, a processor’s energy consumption increases exponentially. The solution to this problem is heterogeneous processors and machines. Heterogeneous machine is the combination of CPU and GPU platforms. Computer architecture is shifting from multi-core to heterogeneous era. Generally, computer architects practice of software simulation to model and analyze their ideas. Today, computer architects are using cycle-level simulators to discover and analyze new processor designs. To search the heterogeneous system design-space, we review and practically analyze heterogeneous simulators and their performance. In this study, we present a detailed comparative analysis of gem5-gpu, gem5, and multi2sim simulators.

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Heterogeneous simulators gem5-gpu gem5 multi2sim.

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