The Efficient Modeling of Processor Behavior and Performance

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Publication Type technical report
School or College College of Engineering
Department Computing, School of
Creator Campbell, William Bela
Title The Efficient Modeling of Processor Behavior and Performance
Date 1985-12
Description Simulation models of digital computers span a broad range of capabilities. At one end are drastically simplified models that are very efficient. At the other end are executable register transfer models with a typical simulation overhead of two or three orders of magnitude. The Simon Simulation and Development System requires a highly efficient and executable performance simulation model. These requirements are met by a new simulation methodology, direct execution simulation.; The thesis describes computer performance models in general and direct execution models in particular. The direct execution one methodology has been used to implement a simulation model for the Motorola MC68020 microprocessor. Details of the implementation are presented along with some results concerning the efficiency and accuracy of the technique.
Type Text
Subject computer simulation; microprocessors; direct execution simulation; computer performance models
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Campbell, W. B. (1985). The efficient modeling of processor behavior and performance.
Series University of Utah Computer Science Technical Report
Relation is Part of ARPANET
Format Medium application/pdf
Format Extent 25,118,790 bytes
File Name Campbell-The_Efficient_Modeling.pdf
Conversion Specifications Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display
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Setname ir_computersa
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68073x0
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