When trying to perform detailed performance evaluation of a multiprocessor system, system designers use one of three
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When trying to perform detailed performance evaluation of a multiprocessor system, system designers use one of three tools: analytical models, trace-driven simulation, and execution-driven simulation. Analytical models use mathematical expressions to model the behavior of programs. Trace-driven simulations run the applications on a real machine and generate a trace, typically of memory operations. These traces can be replayed through a cache simulator or a simulator with a simple processor model to predict the performance of the system when various parameters are changed. Execution-driven simulators simulate the entire execution maintaining an equivalent structure for the processor state and so on. What are the accuracy and speed trade-offs between these approaches?
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Computer Architecture A Quantitative Approach
ISBN: 978-8178672663
5th edition
Authors: John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson