Towards the design of a heterogenous hierarchical machine: a simulation approach
Zina Ben Miled, J.A.B. Fortes, Rudolf Eigenmann, Valerie Taylor · 2002
HPAM_Sim is an execution driven simulator of heterogeneous machines. HPAM_Sim allows the simulation of target machines consisting of different processors and interconnection networks. HPAM_Sim attempts to reduce simulation time by using lightweight threads and static augmentation. Additionally, simulation can be performed either in contention or non contention mode. The results of HPAM_Sim simulations were validated using two complementary approaches. As illustrated by an example, HPAM_Sim is very flexible and allows the simulation of various heterogeneous machines with non traditional organizations.