[Gems-users] simulating a many-core system

["Brad Moore" <brad.t.moore@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey all,

I would like to simulate a many-core (64+ core) system using GEMS.  This raises the following questions:

a) In general, would the framework support it?
b) If so, would I basically be modifying some parameters and extending an existing coherence protocol to support L3 (possibly L4) caches?

Any quick pointers would be appreciated.  I'm a fairly new user and my end goal is to use such a system to evaluate the performance
of competing benchmarks.  So far, my impression is that GEMS is the simulator most easily extended to these type of systems.

Thanks,
-Brad