Searching for a Niagara Simulator...
While most people in this group are waiting for Verilog/RTL code, our research group has been looking for any source level simulator for the UltraSPARC T1 (or Open equivalent.)
We are hoping to find a simulator with source code that we can augment to research enhancements to the T1 architecture. Naturally, we would sign any required legal agreements.
We have been trying to find a simulator for quite awhile, and to date we haven't been able to find a single contact within Sun, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Hoping to hear from anyone in Sun.
- Jeff Diamond
University of Texas, Austin
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jdiamond] at [2007-11-26 6:06:29]
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Hi Jeff,
You'll soon be in luck!
Sun's entire UltraSPARC processor simulator will be available in both source and binary form, along with the Verilog source to the OpenSPARC T1 processor.Both are currently available in the OpenSPARC "Beta" program; as soon as the Beta progam completes, all will be released for open access by anyone.Stay tuned to the OpenSPARC Announcement Forum (http://forum.sun.com/forum.jspa?forumID=281) or subscribe to the email announcement list (http://opensparc.sunsource.net/servlets/ProjectMailingListList) to be notified when all the code is released.
Furthermore, down the road, we expect that additional simulation tools will be released.
= Dave Weaver
UltraSPARC Architecture @ Sun
