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5MD00: Single-Core Assignment

5MD00: Single-Core Assignment. Yifan He 2011-12-15. What is this assignment about?. Build your own superscalar machine! How? A superscalar architecture simulator , with tunable hardware parameters e.g., branch predictor type (always taken, always not taken, bimodal, 2-level, …).

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5MD00: Single-Core Assignment

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  1. 5MD00: Single-Core Assignment Yifan He 2011-12-15

  2. What is this assignment about? • Build your own superscalar machine! • How? • A superscalar architecture simulator, with tunable hardware parameters • e.g., branch predictor type (always taken, always not taken, bimodal, 2-level, …)

  3. Which simulator are we going to use? • SimpleScalar[1] • Cycle-accurate • Can provide a lot of detailed information • Very popular single-core simulator • Wattch[2] • SimpleScalar + power information [1]. http://www.simplescalar.com/ [2]. http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~dbrooks/wattch-form.html

  4. What are our design metrics? • Performance • IPC (instruction per cycle) • Performance & Energy Efficiency • EDP (energy-delay product)

  5. What kind of parameters can we tune?

  6. What should we do with respect to these parameters? • First Step: tune a specific parameter For example, tune the parameter of branch predictor type (-bpred)

  7. What should we do with respect to these parameters? • First Step: tune a specific parameter For example, tune the parameter of branch predictor type (-bpred)

  8. What should we do with respect to these parameters? • First Step: tune a specific parameter Tune the parameter of bimodal branch predictor table size (-bpred:bimod)

  9. 2-Level branch predictor

  10. What should we do with respect to these parameters? • Second Step: Tune a few closely-related parameters (from the same group) together e.g., decode width (-decode:width), issue width (-issue:width), and commit width (-commit:width) • Require insight into the superscalar architecture • You can use a script to automate this!

  11. What should we do with respect to these parameters? • Third Step: Tune a few related parameters (from different groups) together e.g., issue width (-issue:width), and number of function units (-res:ialu, -res:imult) You can use a script to automate this!

  12. Assignment information • Individual Assignment • Assignment Website: https://sites.google.com/site/5md00sca • Server Account: Pick up one account from our secretary (PT9.24) • Deadline Jan. 9, 2012

  13. Questions?

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