[ixp1200] NePSim: A Network Processor Simulator with Power Evaluation Framework

[Yan Luo]

Hello All,

We are pleased to announce the release of NePSim 1.0, the first open
source integrated infrastructure for analyzing and optimizing Network
Processor design and power dissipation at architecture-level.  NePSim
contains a cycle-accurate simulator for a typical NP architecture (Intel's
IXP1200), an automatic verification framework for testing and validation,
and a power estimation model for measuring the power consumption of the
simulated NP. Four typical benchmark applications (ipfwdr, nat, url, md4)
are included in the package. A paper on NePSim is going to appear in the
coming IEEE Micro Special Issue on Network Processors for Future High-End
Systems and Applications, Sept/Oct 2004.

You are welcome to download NePSim from

http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~yluo/nepsim/

We have set up a mailing list at

https://www.cs.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/nepsim

You can use the above mailing list, NOT this ixp1200 mailing list, to ask
questions, report bugs and get more information.

Thanks.

Best Regards,
Yan Luo
-- 
yluo at cs.ucr.edu
Computer Science Dept., Univ. of California
Riverside, CA 92521, USA
http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~yluo