Computer Family Architecture Selection Committee Final Report. Volume IV. Architectural Research Facility; ISP Description, Simulations, Data Collection.

Abstract

This volume describes the process of automatically gathering architectural data from the benchmark programs. Formal descriptions of the candidate architectures were written and run under a simulator. Assembly listings of the benchmark programs were used to generate simulation command files containing absolute code. These command files were then used to initialize the simulated memory. The result of the simulated benchmarks were collected into a data base for post-processing. Automating the data collection process not only eliminated tedious and potentially error prone hand calculations, but also provided the means to gather dynamic program behavior information that would be almost impossible to calculate manually. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA049483

Entities

People

  • Daniel Siewiorek
  • Mario Barbacci
  • Robert Gordon
  • Rosemary Howbrigg
  • Susan Zuckerman

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Application Software
  • Compilers
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Military Research
  • Notation
  • Operating Systems
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Research Facilities
  • Simulations
  • Software Development Tools

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  • Computer Science.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.