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Enhancing the Sniper Simulator with Thermal Measurement
Radu ChisArpad GellertClaudiu BuduleciAdrian FloreaLucian Vintansubject
Multi-core processorEngineeringComputer architecture simulatorbusiness.industryDesign space explorationReal-time computingHardware_PERFORMANCEANDRELIABILITYcomputer.software_genreFloorplanMicroarchitecturePower consumptionThermalHardware_INTEGRATEDCIRCUITSPlug-inbusinesscomputerSimulationdescription
This paper presents the enhancement of the Sniper multicore / manycore simulator with thermal measurement possibilities using the HotSpot simulator. We present a plugin that interacts with Sniper to retrieve simulation data (integration areas and power consumptions) and calls HotSpot to compute the corresponding thermal results. The plugin also builds a two dimensional floorplan for the simulated microarchitecture. Furthermore we plan to integrate the simulation methodology presented here into an automatic design space exploration process using the multi-objective optimization tool called FADSE. Keywords—multicore; simulator; power consumption; thermal; HotSpot; Sniper
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-01 |