Project: Trace-driven Cache Simulator and Performance Evaluation
Project 2
Project description
You will need to implement a trace-driven cache simulator, and use it to evaluate the performance of different cache architecture features. The project is described in detail in sim.pdf.
File description
In the attachment, you will find the following project files:
cache.h - cache simulator definitions cache.c - cache simulator (put all your edits here) main.h - simulation driver definitions main.c - simulation driver
Public tests
public-block.trace - test cache block sizes public-assoc.trace - test cache associativity public-write.trace - test cache write policy public-instr.trace - test instruction cache spice10.trace - 1st 10 accesses in spice.trace spice100.trace - 1st 100 accesses in spice.trace spice1000.trace - 1st 1000 accesses in spice.trace
Expected outputs for public tests
public-block1.out public-assoc1.out public-write1.out public-instr1.out spice10.out spice100.out spice1000.out
Makefile - makefile to create simulator
runPublic - csh script to run public tests sim.pdf - detailed description of project
tags.txt - example index & tag values for spice100.trace In addition, there are three large application traces:
spice.trace - circuit simulator cc.trace - C compiler tex.trace - Tex document processor
Requirements
- Write a simple report about how you implement the cache simulator and answer the questions in sim.pdf
- Files you should submit:
- code/ directory
- Report
Note
It’s ok if you can’t implement a fully functional simulator, make your best effort and do what you can do.
