Fast Simulation of Computer Architectures describes fast, efficient and sophisticated techniques for quantitative computer architecture evaluation. Chapters in the book cover topics such as how to collect traces, emulate instruction sets, simulate multiprocessors using execution-driven techniques, evaluate memory hierarchies, apply statistical sampling to simulation, and how to augment simulation with performance bound models.

Fast Simulation of Computer Architectures will be of tremendous interest to practicing computer architect designers seeking timely solutions to tough evaluation problems, and to advanced upper division undergraduate and graduate level students studying in this area. To that end, the Editors have included between ten to twenty problems at the end of Chapters 2 through 8 that will be useful study aids.