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Superscalar Processor simuator - computer architecture coursework

Superscalar-processor

The Superscalar Processor simuator was created for my Advanced Computer Architecture assignment.

The simulator runs programs written in an imaginary assembly language. See programs folder for more.

Features simulated

I simulate an in-order superscalar processor. I included the following features:

• Number of ALUs

• option to choose one, two or four

• Global memory
• Register file
• Memory instruction execution unit
• Vector instruction execution unit
• Branch prediction

• option to choose a static or dynamic branch predictor

Building and runnning

The simulator was tested using Java 1.7 and uses Maven to build. The maven build command runs the build process while maven package will also create a JAR file

To run, provide program name as an argument.

You can also open the simulator in an interactive mode (using -i) and examine e.g. the register file.

Other options include:

• -predictor=static, -predictor=dyamic or -predictor=naive to switch branch predictors
• -eNUM where NUM is desired number of execution units
• -v - verbose mode