Simics: A full system simulation platform

Full system simulation seeks to strike a balance between accuracy and performance. Many of its possibilities have been obvious to practitioners in both academia and industry for quite some time, perhaps decades, but Simics supports more of these possibilities within a single framework than other too...

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Published in:Computer (Long Beach, Calif.) Calif.), 2002-02, Vol.35 (2), p.50-58
Main Authors: Magnusson, P.S., Christensson, M., Eskilson, J., Forsgren, D., Hallberg, G., Hogberg, J., Larsson, F., Moestedt, A., Werner, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
API
Application software
Automatic control
Automation
Computational modeling
Computer simulation
Context modeling
Costs
Hardware
Mathematical models
Platforms
Running
Shape
Simulation
Systems design
Systems development
Systems simulation
Timing
Workload
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Summary:Full system simulation seeks to strike a balance between accuracy and performance. Many of its possibilities have been obvious to practitioners in both academia and industry for quite some time, perhaps decades, but Simics supports more of these possibilities within a single framework than other tools do. Simics is a platform for full system simulation that can run actual firmware and completely unmodified kernel and driver code. It is sufficiently abstract to achieve tolerable performance levels, and it provides both functional accuracy for running commercial workloads and sufficient timing accuracy to interface to detailed hardware models. Simics can also run a heterogeneous network of systems from different vendors within the same framework. Exceptionally fast, Simics can easily add new components and leverage older ones within a practical abstraction level. It offers a platform with a rich API and a powerful scripting environment for use in a broad range of applications.
ISSN:0018-9162
1558-0814
DOI:10.1109/2.982916