Sim2PIM: A Fast Method for Simulating Host Independent PIM Agnostic Designs

Paulo C. Santos; Bruno E. Forlin; Luigi Carro

doi:10.23919/DATE51398.2021.9474104

Sim²PIM: A Fast Method for Simulating Host Independent PIM Agnostic Designs

Paulo C. Santos^*
, Bruno E. Forlin
, Luigi Carro

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

9 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Processing-in-Memory (PIM), with the help of modern memory integration technologies, has emerged as a practical approach to mitigate the memory wall and improve performance and energy efficiency in contemporary applications. However, there is a need for tools capable of quickly simulating different PIMs designs and their suitable integration with different hosts. This work presents Sim²PIM, a Simple Simulator for PIM devices that seamlessly integrates any PIM architecture with the host processor and memory hierarchy. Sim²PIM's simulation environment allows the user to describe a PIM architecture in different user-defined abstraction levels. The application code runs natively on the Host, with minimal overhead from the simulator integration, allowing Sim²PIM to collect precise metrics from the Hardware Performance Counters (HPCs). Our simulator is available to download at https://pim.computer/.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2021 Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE 2021
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	226-231
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-9819263-5-4
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-6336-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/DATE51398.2021.9474104
Publication status	Published - 5 Feb 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	24th Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2021 - Online, Grenoble, France Duration: 1 Feb 2021 → 5 Feb 2021 Conference number: 24 https://ieee-ceda.org/event/conference/2021-design-automation-and-test-europe

Publication series

Name	Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition
Publisher	IEEE
Volume	2021-February
ISSN (Print)	1530-1591
ISSN (Electronic)	1558-1101

Conference

Conference	24th Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2021
Abbreviated title	DATE
Country/Territory	France
City	Grenoble
Period	1/02/21 → 5/02/21
Internet address	https://ieee-ceda.org/event/conference/2021-design-automation-and-test-europe

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

n/a OA procedure
Performance
Processing-in-Memory
Simulator
Cycle Accurate

Access to Document

10.23919/DATE51398.2021.9474104

Cite this

Santos, P. C., Forlin, B. E., & Carro, L. (2021). Sim²PIM: A Fast Method for Simulating Host Independent PIM Agnostic Designs. In Proceedings of the 2021 Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE 2021 (pp. 226-231). Article 9474104 (Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition; Vol. 2021-February). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.23919/DATE51398.2021.9474104

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Santos, PC, Forlin, BE & Carro, L 2021, Sim²PIM: A Fast Method for Simulating Host Independent PIM Agnostic Designs. in Proceedings of the 2021 Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE 2021., 9474104, Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, vol. 2021-February, IEEE, pp. 226-231, 24th Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2021, Grenoble, France, 1/02/21. https://doi.org/10.23919/DATE51398.2021.9474104

Sim²PIM: A Fast Method for Simulating Host Independent PIM Agnostic Designs. / Santos, Paulo C.; Forlin, Bruno E.; Carro, Luigi.
Proceedings of the 2021 Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE 2021. IEEE, 2021. p. 226-231 9474104 (Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition; Vol. 2021-February).

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