Execution-driven simulators for parallel systems design

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Abstract

Evaluating, analyzing and predicting the performance of a parallel system is challenging due to the complex inter-play between the application characteristics and architectural features. The overheads in a parallel system that limit its scalability have to be identified and separated in order to enable performance-conscious parallel application design and the development of high-performance parallel machines. We have developed an evaluation framework that uses a combination of experimentation, simulation and analytical modeling to quantify these parallel system overheads. At the heart of this framework is an execution-driven simulation testbed called SPASM which uses a suite of real applications as the workload. We discuss our experiences in using this simulator in a wide range of architectural projects in this paper.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1021-1028
Number of pages8
JournalWinter Simulation Conference Proceedings
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997
EventProceedings of the 1997 Winter Simulation Conference - Atlanta, GA, USA
Duration: Dec 7 1997Dec 10 1997

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Chemical Health and Safety
  • Applied Mathematics

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