PerfPred: A web‐based tool for exploring computer architecture design space

This article presents a new E-learning platform called Personal Learning Environment Box (PLEBOX). The system is built on Microsoft SharePoint and SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK) and enables the creation of modular and expansible software, presenting a simplified interaction with the user. PLEBOX has been used by 210 users (10 teachers and 200 engineering students) of the University of Beira Interior, Portugal and the University of Valladolid, Spain. The PLEBOX platform has innovative features compared to existing platforms, such as creating a customizable work environment, the ability to add applications, a framework for developing modules, and a new form to exposure learning contents, which can be used in engineering applications and education. ß

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Personal Learning Environment Box (PLEBOX): A new approach to E‐learning platforms

Simões

Rodrigues

Díez

2011

“…The cycles per instruction (CPI) estimation error of 1.5–12% was attained with a single SPEC CPU 2000 benchmark. A range of hardware parameters was used in a machine learning model for estimating the processor performance by Beg .…”

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“…According to Beg and Ibrahim , the processor‐system models could be used for teaching the computer architecture. However, the models characterized a program's dynamic behavior with a single variable (average size of all BBs in a program) was not very accurate.…”

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Incorporating hardware and software features into a prediction model for processor‐system throughput

Beg

Prasad

2015

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ABSTRACT:The cycle-accurate simulation is a method for design space study of a processor system before it goes for the hardware implementation. Even though the simulations provide precise results about the system performance, the simulation times are exorbitantly high for practical systems. Therefore, an alternative is to use experimentally-developed models that tend to be faster than the aforementioned simulations. This is an extension to our previous work done in the area of neural network models for assessing the processor system throughput. In addition to hardware-related parameters, the current work includes multiple software-related parameters to better represent the dynamic behavior of programs. Consequently, the model provides higher accuracy estimates of a widely used performance metric (instructions per cycle) when tested with industry standard CPU benchmark programs. Potential uses of the model are compiler design and computer architecture research and teaching.

“…The tool features can be categorized as: analog/digital or mixed‐mode simulation, schematic capture, printed circuit board design, and HDL simulation and synthesis. Some of the EDA tools have been available in the offline mode while others are online .…”

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A web‐based method for building and simulating standard cell circuits—A classroom application

Beg

2014

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ABSTRACT:The characterization of standard cells (basic digital blocks) is an iterative and arduous process. Our web-based tool enables the students/users to quickly perform a large number of characterization experiments. The tool is useful for various courses on micro/nano-electronics and circuit design, and eliminates the need for costly CAD-software/hardware. ß 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 23:304-313, 2015; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/cae;