The Evaluation of Microprogram Implemented Emulators.

Abstract

A new technique for estimating the performance of microprogram implemented emulators is developed and presented. This technique of 'Synthetic Emulation' combines the concepts of mixes, kernel programs, synthetic programs and mathematical models, all adapted to the microprogramming environment. Methods are presented for the application of this technique to the problem of selecting host microprocessors for the emulation of one or more target machines in a known workload environment. The process of emulation is examined and target machine attributes which impact on emulation efficiency are presented. AVERAGE Instruction Emulation Rate, or Emulation Power, is presented as a criterion for the evaluation and selection of host microprocessors for the emulation of target machine CPU's. The applicability of each of the traditional techniques of performance evaluation and measurement ot microprogrammable processors is analyzed in some detail. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0768883

Entities

People

  • Alan B. Salisbury

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Efficiency
  • Environment
  • Instructions
  • Mathematical Models
  • Measurement
  • Microprocessors
  • Microprogramming
  • Models
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Work Measurement
  • Workload

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Networking
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.