SIMULATING AN ADVANCED SUPERSCALAR ARCHITECTURE

Abstract: There are two paradigms that contribute for increasing the processor’s performance: one based on software and the other one based on hardware. For following the evolutionary path from the last 25 years in computer architecture it is necessary to realize an integrated approach based on a synergism between technology and architecture, concepts, algorithms and methods, hardware and software applications. This paper wants to be a useful software guide dedicated to anyone who should realize a simulator- a virtual machine that evaluates and optimizes the performance of a parallel architecture- and doesn't know how to start. The simulator offers the user the opportunity to define the parameters that govern many details of the machine model’s behavior