Towards an Efficient Simulation of Multi-Language Descriptions of Heterogeneous Systems

Heterogeneous systems design requires executing models using different simulators. Usually, simulators are connected and synchronized together by using mechanisms such as shared memory or TCP/IP. Current approaches have many drawbacks: they are not adapted to distributed environments, the simulation...

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Main Authors: Dubois, M., El Mostapha Aboulhamid, Rousseau, F.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceleration
Analytical models
Computational modeling
Computer simulation
Discrete event simulation
Kernel
Merging
Signal processing
TCPIP
Yarn
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Summary:Heterogeneous systems design requires executing models using different simulators. Usually, simulators are connected and synchronized together by using mechanisms such as shared memory or TCP/IP. Current approaches have many drawbacks: they are not adapted to distributed environments, the simulation performance may be very disappointing, and each simulator has its own paradigm. We propose a new approach to simulate models described with different languages such as SystemC or ESyS.NET on a distributed environment. All the models are translated into a unique internal format in order to be able to optimize a distributed and multi-paradigm simulation of the models. Optimizations include different mechanisms such as regrouping of threads in a single one while respecting the semantics of the models or the splitting of a model in order to execute it on several computer resources
DOI:10.1109/APCCAS.2006.342527