Introduction to gem5

Welcome to the gem5 Bootcamp!

• About the bootcamp
• Outline
  • Day 1: Intro and getting started
• Computer Architecture Simulation
• Why simulation?
  • Alternatives to cycle-level simulation?
• Kinds of simulation
• Simulation tradeoffs
• What “level” should we simulate?
• Accelerating simulation
• Important terms
• Getting started with gem5
• Running gem5
• Things to touch on
  • First configuration example
• gem5’s output
• Python reminder
  • Example for Python reminder
• Getting started with gem5 development
• Why develop gem5?
  • A bit about the difference between C++ and python
  • What is a SimObject?
  • gem5’s event queue
• Building gem5
• Making modifications and using git

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