Abstract:

Multiprocessor simulators are very important tools to design, analyse and optimize the multiprocessor system structure. The Multi_MINT simulator we propose in this paper is composed of two parts: the front end and the back end. The front end adopts MINT to simulate the execution of the MIPS instructions, and the back end contains Cache unit, the connection_network unit and the memory controller unit. The two parts constitute a complete multiprocessors simulator system. This paper mainly introduces the general structure of Multi_MINT and the simulation framework of the main hardware components, and then discusses some details of the design and implementation of Multi_MINT, and finally illustrates how Multi_MINT plays the role of performance evaluation by an example.

Key words: multiprocessor;simulator;architecture