An educational tool for testing hierarchical multilevel caches

  • Authors:
  • J. A. Gómez Pulido;J. M. Sánchez Pérez;J. A. Moreno Zamora

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Sciences, University of Extremadura, Spain;Department of Computer Sciences, University of Extremadura, Spain;Department of Computer Sciences, University of Extremadura, Spain

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

In this work we present a simulator for a multilevel cache memory system on a monoprocessor environment. It has incorporated a full graphic interface operating on a PC-DOS environment. At first, the simulator was conceived as a tool for applying it to teaching of cache memories. However, the potentiality of the developed system has proved its utility on program analysis and design strategies of memory systems. The above characteristics enable the simulator to be used for designing systems that run optimally a determinate kind of programs and improve the operating mode of a determinate architecture