[Gems-users] An old question about Ruby Cycles and Simics Cycles

[Aoxiang Tang <soartang@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I'm new to GEMS. I know this questions has been discussed in the email list many times but I'm still confused. Could anybody help me with it? I think lots of experienced people know them clearly. Thanks!

I'm going to calculate the power of the cache. I manage to get the ENERGY/access from cacti and the number of accesses to the L1/L2 cache from Ruby, so the total ENERGY can be attained. Still execution time in the target architecture is needed to calculate the power consumption. How to get it? In the Ruby dump report, there are Ruby cycles and Simics Cycles. The FAQ says that Ruby Cycle is the right value to calculate time but how about the frequency? Should I use the frequency specified in Simics together with Ruby cycles to get the time? 

Could anybody give me advice on how to get the simulated time? Great thanks!
(PS: I use Simics+RUBY without Opal to simualte a single core processor)

Aoxiang