CAREER: Architectural Optimization of High Performance Microprocessor-Based Systems

该项目的主要目的是开发显着提高效率和准确性的架构优化工具。 工具将分为三个相互关联的类别来开发。 第一个是全面的半自动化方法，用于同时探索微处理器和系统级设计空间。 第二个是与软件模拟耦合的硬件仿真器。 第三个方法使用工作站网络并行地搜索最佳值。 最终结果称为 ROADS，将比现有方法显着提高效率和准确性。 ROADS 将构成新课程序列的核心，该课程将整合计算机体系结构和实现的主题。 与大多数当前课程中使用的模拟器相比，多级模拟将使学生能够解决更广泛的设计问题。 其结果将是新一代工程师为设计和实施新的计算架构做好更好的准备。

The primiary purpose of this project is to develop architectural optimization tools with dramatically improved efficiency and accuracy. Tools will be developed in three inter-related categories. The first is a comprehensive semi-automated methodology for simultaneously exploring the microprocessor and system level design spaces. The second is a hardware emulator coupled to software simulation. The third parallelizes the search for an optimum using a network of workstations. The end result, called ROADS, will have dramatically improved efficiency and accuracy over existing methods. ROADS will form the centerpiece of a new course sequence that will integrate the topics of computer architecture and implementation. Multilevel simulation will allow students to address a much wider scope of design problems than the simulators used in most current curricula. The result will be a new generation of engineers better prepared to both design and implement new computing architectures.