[comp.arch] Architecture Simulation Tools.

bernhard@molly.tds.kth.se (Bernhard Stockman TDS) (02/17/89)

I am looking for simuation tools of computer architectures. At our 
department we are now using ISPS, but as far as I know this system
is only implemented for VAX/VMS and is written in BLISS. As most of the
sites here are using Unix it would be very interesting if there exist
a tool for the Unix environment. Maybe even for Sunview evironment.

I have heard rumors of a system named Architectures Work Bench
but not where to obtain information on this system.
Please mail to me if You know anything about this or something
similar for computer architecture description and simulation.

I will post a summary if and when enough answers arived.

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rpeck@Jessica.stanford.edu (Raymond Peck) (02/28/89)

In article <BERNHARD.89Feb17105822@molly.tds.kth.se> bernhard@molly.tds.kth.se (Bernhard Stockman TDS) writes:
>
>I am looking for simuation tools of computer architectures. At our 
...
>I have heard rumors of a system named Architectures Work Bench
>but not where to obtain information on this system.

The Architect's Workbench is an ongoing (?) project of Prof. Michael
Flynn here at Stanford.  He's an E.E. prof (and CISC maven: yuk!).

I don't know what state it is in, but there was a recent journal
article (IEEE?  ACM?) called something like "and Now the Case
for CISCs", in which it was described.


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