From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 478 invoked by alias); 2 Feb 2007 16:46:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 468 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Feb 2007 16:46:08 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:45:56 +0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l12Gjr10012017; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:45:53 -0500 Received: from pobox.toronto.redhat.com (pobox.toronto.redhat.com [172.16.14.4]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l12Gjr8S031226; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:45:53 -0500 Received: from touchme.toronto.redhat.com (IDENT:postfix@touchme.toronto.redhat.com [172.16.14.9]) by pobox.toronto.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l12Gjrai012695; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:45:53 -0500 Received: from ton.toronto.redhat.com (ton.toronto.redhat.com [172.16.14.15]) by touchme.toronto.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCD4F8001CA; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:45:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from ton.toronto.redhat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ton.toronto.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l12GjqST025986; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:45:52 -0500 Received: (from fche@localhost) by ton.toronto.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id l12Gjq3U025985; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:45:52 -0500 Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:46:00 -0000 From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" To: hadipurnawan satria Cc: sid@sourceware.org Subject: Re: SID Comparisons Message-ID: <20070202164552.GF14417@redhat.com> References: <970bde210702012111n46c9836dx9b60a95a4c9d5fac@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <970bde210702012111n46c9836dx9b60a95a4c9d5fac@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact sid-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: sid-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-q1/txt/msg00013.txt.bz2 Hi - On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 02:11:46PM +0900, hadipurnawan satria wrote: > Hi, I'm a graduate student in a university in South Korea and my > current asignment is to compare SID with other simulators such as > Virtio, SimOS, ProEmulator, etc. [...] OK. > [...] In fact, it took me a while to understand what the so called > board is (dictionary didnt help). Sorry about that! "circuit board" would have been too long. > I need to know what are the advantages and disadvantages of SID, > what is its unique features, how well does it performs and so > on. [...] It might be summarized like this. We aimed to build something small and simple, using a small fixed API, enabling straightforward composition of part models (and their optional GUIs) based on a hardware assembly metaphor. It is suitable for consideration as an integration platform for other simulators (interconnecting models from different simulators, as has been done with BOCHS, and also with a live Verilog system). Its "plugin" mechanism allows separate compilation and packaging of simulation components. Most of its library of models have *not* been particularly tuned for performance, and the architecture generally considers this an internal matter for each component model. As far as project dynamics goes, its improvements in recent years have been customer-funded, and most or all of them are being released into the GPL free software pool. Do you need elaboration on any of these or other points? - FChE