FPGA-Accelerated Simulation of Computer Systems (Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture) - Softcover

Angepat, Hari; Chiou, Derek; Chung, Eric S.; Hoe, James C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1627052135 ISBN 13: 9781627052139

Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2014

Synopsis

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

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The University of Texas and Microsoft

Edition details

• Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1627052135
• ISBN 13: 9781627052139
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 80