Resources:
Here are some links to simulators and other performance analysis tools that you may find useful:- Simulators and benchmarks list at U. of Wisconsin's Computer Architecture Page.
- Pin: a binary instrumention tool for x86.
- SimpleScalar: a superscalar processor simulator.
- Simics: a functional simulator for x86 and SPARC.
- SimFlex: a multiprocessor timing simulator.
- GEMS: a multiprocessor timing simulator.
- WARTS: Wisconsin Architectural Research Tool Set: a collection of tools including a path profiling tool, cache simulators, etc.
- Augmint: a multiprocessor simulator for x86 architectures.
- RSIM: a multiprocessor simulator that models out-of-order superscalar processors.
- PARSEC: a suite of parallel applications for shared-memory machines that are often used in parallel architecture studies.
- SPLASH: an older suite of parallel applications for shared-memory machines that are often used in parallel architecture studies. (PARSEC is preferable to SPLASH.)
- MediaBench: multimedia benchmarks.
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