- Garnet Sidus is one of the largest and most
luminous stars in the Milky Way
Garnet
A Detailed Interconnection Network Model inside a Full-system Simulation Framework
- Garnet is also a famous gemstone
- Garnet Sidus is one of the largest and most luminous stars in the Milky Way |
GarnetA Detailed Interconnection Network Model inside a Full-system Simulation Framework |
- Garnet is also a famous gemstone |
With the advent of chip multiprocessors (CMPs) into mainstream systems, the on-chip network to connect different processing cores becomes a critical part of the design. There is thus an ever increasing need to evaluate systems with accurate interconnection network models.
Garnet is a detailed network model incorporated inside a full-system simulation framework (GEMS) which enables system level performance and power modeling of the interconnection network. Garnet uses Simics from Virtutech for functional simulation.
Faculty : Li-Shiuan Peh, Niraj Jha
Students : Niket Agarwal
Niket Agarwal, Li-Shiuan Peh and Niraj Jha, "GARNET: A Detailed Interconnection Network Model inside a Full-system Simulation Framework," (CE-P08-001, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Feb., 2008)
February 2008 : Garnet is incorporated inside GEMS release 2.1
Usage information can be found on the GEMS wiki
What's in a name : Our group has the tradition of naming tools after some star. Also all models inside GEMS are essentially named after a gemstone. That is what led us to the name Garnet and that is the reason why you see two images on this webpage