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SimAlpha Version 1.0: Simple and Readable Alpha Processor Simulator

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Advances in Computer Systems Architecture (ACSAC 2003)

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We have developed a processor simulator SimAlpha Version 1.0 for research and education activities. Its design policy is to keep the source code readable (enjoyable and easy to read ) and simple. SimAlpha is written in C++ and the source code consists of only 2,800 lines. This paper describes the software architecture of SimAlpha by referring to its source code. To show an example of SimAlpha in practical use, we present the ideal instruction-level parallelism of SPEC CINT95 and CINT2000 benchmarks measured with a modified version of SimAlpha.

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  1. Graduate School of Information Systems, University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka Chofu-shi, Tokyo, 182-8585, Japan

    Kenji Kise, Hiroki Honda & Toshitsugu Yuba

  2. “Information Infrastructure and Applications”, PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST),  

    Kenji Kise

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  1. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

    Amos Omondi

  2. Graduate School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Aizu, 965-8580, Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima, Japan

    Stanislav Sedukhin

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Kise, K., Honda, H., Yuba, T. (2003). SimAlpha Version 1.0: Simple and Readable Alpha Processor Simulator. In: Omondi, A., Sedukhin, S. (eds) Advances in Computer Systems Architecture. ACSAC 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2823. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39864-6_11

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