Cache Coherence Simulator

Simulator that simulates multiprocessor caches and involved cache coherence protocols - MSI, MESI, MOESI.

Structure

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├── bin/ - Contains binaries
├── doc/ - Contains Design Document and Proposed Timeline
├── include/ - Contains header files
│   ├── Bus.hpp
│   ├── Cache.hpp
│   ├── CacheSet.hpp
│   ├── Constants.hpp
│   ├── MESICache.hpp
│   ├── MOESICache.hpp
│   ├── MSICache.hpp
│   └── Simulator.hpp
├── input/ - Contains Input files (trace files)
├── makefile
├── README.md
└── src
    ├── Bus.cpp - Represents the communication bus
    ├── Cache.cpp - Represents a collection of CacheSet(s)
    ├── CacheSet.cpp - Represent a Set in the Cache
    ├── main.cpp - Main application driver
    ├── MESICache.cpp - Cache that adheres to MESI protocol
    ├── MOESICache.cpp - Cache that adheres to MOESI protocol
    ├── MSICache.cpp - Cache that adheres to MSI protocol
    └── Simulator.cpp - Maintains Cache and Bus Instances, simulates by 
                        forwarding requests read from file

Building & Running

Task	Command
Building	make all
Cleaning	make clean
Running	./bin/main.o <input_trace_file>

Note: To choose protocol edit line #25 in include/Constants.hpp to MSI, MESI or MOESI:

const protocol PROTOCOL = MOESI;