FPGA-Accelerated Simulation of Computer Systems / by Hari Angepat, Derek Chiou, Eric S. Chung, James C. Hoe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angepat, Hari., Author.

Chiou, Derek., Author.

Chung, Eric S., Author.

Hoe, James C., Author.

Series:

Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture, 1935-3243

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic circuits.

Microprocessors.

Computer architecture.

Electronic Circuits and Systems.

Processor Architectures.

Local Subjects:

Electronic Circuits and Systems.

Processor Architectures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 64 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.

Summary:

To date, the most common form of simulators of computer systems are software-based running on standard computers. One promising approach to improve simulation performance is to apply hardware, specifically reconfigurable hardware in the form of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). This manuscript describes various approaches of using FPGAs to accelerate software-implemented simulation of computer systems and selected simulators that incorporate those techniques. More precisely, we describe a simulation architecture taxonomy that incorporates a simulation architecture specifically designed for FPGA accelerated simulation, survey the state-of-the-art in FPGA-accelerated simulation, and describe in detail selected instances of the described techniques. Table of Contents: Preface / Acknowledgments / Introduction / Simulator Background / Accelerating Computer System Simulators with FPGAs / Simulation Virtualization / Categorizing FPGA-based Simulators / Conclusion / Bibliography / Authors' Biographies.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Simulator Background

Accelerating Computer System Simulators with FPGAs

Simulation Virtualization

Categorizing FPGA-based Simulators

Conclusion

Bibliography

Authors' Biographies .

ISBN:

9783031017445

3031017447