Wisconsin Wind Tunnel II: a fast, portable parallel architecture simulator
Shubhendu S. Mukherjee, S.K. Reinhardt, Babak Falsafi, Michael Litzkow, M.D. Hill, David Alvra Wood, Steven Huss‐Lederman, James R. Larus · IEEE Concurrency · 2000
To analyze new parallel computers, developers must rapidly simulate designs running realistic workloads. Historically, direct execution and a parallel host have accelerated simulations, although these techniques have typically lacked portability. Through four key operations, the Wisconsin Wind Tunnel II can easily run simulations on Sparc platforms ranging from a workstation cluster to an asymmetric multiprocessor.