Modeling and Simulation of Invasive Applications and Architectures, 1st ed. 2019 Computer Architecture and Design Methodologies Series

This book covers two main topics: First, novel fast and flexible simulation techniques for modern heterogeneous NoC-based multi-core architectures. These are implemented in the full-system simulator called InvadeSIM and designed to study the dynamic behavior of hundreds of parallel application programs running on such architectures while competing for resources. Second, a novel actor-oriented programming library called ActorX10, which allows to formally model parallel streaming applications by actor graphs and to analyze predictable execution behavior as part of so-called hybrid mapping approaches, which are used to guarantee real-time requirements of such applications at design time independent from dynamic workloads by a combination of static analysis and dynamic embedding.

Introduction.- Fundamentals.- InvadeSIM–A Simulation Framework for Invasive Parallel Programs and Architectures.- Hybrid Network-on-Chip Simulation.- Parallel MPSoC Simulation and Architecture Evaluation.- ActorX10 and Run-Time Application Embedding.- Conclusions and Future Directions.

Frank Hannig received the Diploma degree in an interdisciplinary course of study in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Paderborn, Germany, in 2000; the Ph.D. degree (Dr.-Ing.) and Habilitation degree in computer science from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany, in 2009 and 2018, respectively.