Efficient Sampling Startup for SimPoint

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July/August 2006 (vol. 26 no. 4) pp. 32-42

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	@article{ 10.1109/MM.2006.68, author = {Michael Van Biesbrouck and Brad Calder and Lieven Eeckhout}, title = {Efficient Sampling Startup for SimPoint}, journal ={IEEE Micro}, volume = {26}, number = {4}, issn = {0272-1732}, year = {2006}, pages = {32-42}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MM.2006.68}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Micro TI - Efficient Sampling Startup for SimPoint IS - 4 SN - 0272-1732 SP32 EP42 EPD - 32-42 A1 - Michael Van Biesbrouck, A1 - Brad Calder, A1 - Lieven Eeckhout, PY - 2006 KW - computer architecture KW - simulation KW - sampling KW - warmup KW - checkpoints KW - SimPoint VL - 26 JA - IEEE Micro ER -

Michael Van Biesbrouck, University of California, San Diego

Brad Calder, University of California, San Diego

Lieven Eeckhout, Ghent University, Belgium

Sampling techniques dramatically shorten simulation times for industry-standard benchmarks, but establishing the correct architecture and microarchitecture states at the beginning of each sample can be time-consuming. This article compares the accuracy and speed of various sampling startup techniques, introducing touched memory image and memory hierarchy state. Together, these two techniques reduce sampled benchmark simulation times from hours to minutes.

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computer architecture, simulation, sampling, warmup, checkpoints, SimPoint

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Michael Van Biesbrouck, Brad Calder, Lieven Eeckhout, "Efficient Sampling Startup for SimPoint," IEEE Micro, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 32-42, July/Aug. 2006, doi:10.1109/MM.2006.68

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