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基于分布式模拟机制的片上网络硬件模拟系统

彭毅,安虹,金旭,程亦超,迟孟贤,孙荪   

  1. (中国科学技术大学计算机科学与技术学院,合肥 230027)
  • 收稿日期:2015-04-10 出版日期:2016-05-15 发布日期:2016-05-13
  • 作者简介:彭毅(1990-),男,硕士研究生,主研方向为片上多处理器;安虹,教授、博士生导师;金旭、程亦超、迟孟贤,硕士研究生;孙荪,博士研究生。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金资助项目(60970023);国家“973”计划基金资助项目(2011CB302501);国家“863”计划基金资助项目(2012AA010902,2012AA010901)。

Hardware Simulation System for Network on Chip Based on Distributed Simulation Mechanism

PENG Yi,AN Hong,JIN Xu,CHENG Yichao,CHI Mengxian,SUN Sun   

  1. (School of Computer Science and Technology,University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei 230027,China)
  • Received:2015-04-10 Online:2016-05-15 Published:2016-05-13

摘要: 针对基于现场可编程门阵列的DART模拟器可扩展性较差和模拟精度较低的问题,提出一种硬件友好的分布式模拟机制。该机制在模拟中采用隐式同步方法,以节点内计数器和节点间缓冲队列取代集中式控制器,将时序同步和计数任务交给每个节点自行处理,从而提高模拟速度。基于该机制,设计并实现片上网络硬件模拟系统。实验结果表明,该系统能达到与业界权威BookSim模拟器同级别的模拟精度,模拟速度可达BookSim模拟器的200倍,相比DART模拟器能获得21%的速度提升,并且具有较好的扩展性。

关键词: 片上网络, 分布式模拟, 现场可编程门阵列, 多核处理器, 时钟精确, 动态路障同步

Abstract: Aiming at the problems of poor scalability and low precision of DART simulator based on Field Programmable Gate Array(FPGA),this paper proposes a hardware-friendly distributed simulation mechanism.This mechanism uses implicit synchronization method,and replaces the centralized controller with intra-node counters and inter-node buffer queues.In this way,timing synchronization and counting can be handled by each node,which improves the simulation speed.Based on this mechanism,a Network on Chip(NoC) simulator is designed and implemented.Experimental results demonstrate that this simulator can achieve similar accuracy to widely-used BookSim simulator software ones and gain 200-fold speedup.Compared with DART simulator,it accelerates simulation speed by 21% at most and achieves better scalability.

Key words: Network on Chip(NoC), distributed simulation, Field Programmable Gate Array(FPGA), multi-core processor, cycle-accurate, dynamic barrier synchronization

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