A cache simulator written in Python
Parameters that you can adjust:
• Total cache size
• Block size
• Unified vs. split I- and D-caches (Von Neumann. vs. Harvard)
• Associativity
• Write back vs. write through
• Write allocate vs. write no-allocate
Output:
• Number of instruction references
• Number of data references
• Number of instruction misses
• Number of data misses
• Number of words fetched from memory
• Number of words copied back to memory
The reference number specifies what type of memory reference is being performed with the following encoding:
0 Data load reference
1 Data store reference
2 Instruction load reference
Input format:
To see more on input format check https://github.com/zahrasalarian/Cache-Simulator/tree/master/PubliclyAvailableTestCases/traces.