But from page 29, we can conclude 1 cycle = n picoseconds = n tick Is that true?
On 9/19/11, Steve Reinhardt <[email protected]> wrote: > Page 118 of the tutorial is talking about the "tick()" method of the CPU, > which is called every CPU cycle. As described on page 29 of the tutorial, > and in the email you reference, the "tick" unit that measures global time is > not related to the clock cycle. These are not directly related, i.e., the > tick() method is not called on every tick. In retrospect I suppose the > naming is suboptimal. > > Steve > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 5:01 AM, Mahmood Naderan > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> From page 118 of the tutorial, it seems that tick() is equal to cycle. >> In another word, every tick(0) is considered as a cycle 0. However >> from what is stated at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg05247.html, they >> differ in concept. Any exaplain about that is appreciated. >> >> -- >> // Naderan *Mahmood; >> _______________________________________________ >> gem5-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users >> > -- -- // Naderan *Mahmood; _______________________________________________ gem5-users mailing list [email protected] http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users
