SimpleScalar maintenance release available! - March 22, 2011
A maintenance release of SimpleScalar (version 3.0e) is available for download. This release builds cleanly on the following platforms:
  - Ubuntu 10.10
  - Redhat Enterprise Server 5.5
  - Fedora 14
  - FreeBSD 8.2 (via PC-BSD 8.2 distro)
  - Debian squeeze/sid (via Linux Mint Debian Edition)

SimpleScalar DEF file format revised! - August 25, 2008
The SimpleScalar tools use the DEF files to specify the intricacies instruction semantics, dependencies and disassembly.  We have created a document that explains the DEF file format; also included in the file are details on how to add new instructions to an existing instruction set and access those instructions using GNU GCC "asm" features.  The new DEF file format documentation is available here.

SimpleScalar DEF file format revealed! - August 5, 2004
The SimpleScalar tools use the DEF files to specify the intricacies instruction semantics, dependencies and disassembly.  We have created a document that explains the DEF file format; also included in the file are details on how to add new instructions to an existing instruction set and access those instructions using GNU GCC "asm" features.  The new DEF file format documentation is available here.

HotSpot thermal modeling tool available from University of Virginia - May 28, 2004
Prof. Kevin Skadron and his students at University of Virginia have released HotSpot, a high-performance thermal modeling tool suitable for use in architectural studies. It is based on an equivalent circuit of thermal resistances and capacitances that correspond to microarchitecture blocks and essential aspects of the thermal package. HotSpot has a simple set of interfaces, making it straightforward to integrate into existing simulation tools such as SimpleScalar or Wattch.  The web page for the project can be found here.

SimpleScalar in the literature - December 18, 2003
The "Who's Using It" page has been updated through October 2003.  We added 112 papers from 20 conferences and workshops.  These papers used SimpleScalar tools to evaluate their designs.

SimpleScalar version 3.0d maintenance release available - October 8, 2003
Update version 3.0d of SimpleScalar is now available.  This maintenance update improves support for RedHat Linux (version 9) and Windows (via Cygwin GNU tools). The new release can be found here.

SimPoint Analysis Toolkit release by UCSD - September 26, 2002
Prof. Calder and his students at UCSD have released the SimPoint Analysis Toolkit, a collection of tools to figure out where you should spend your time simulating to get fast, accurate, and representative results.  They work well with SimpleScalar simulators.  The web page for the project can be found here.

IEEE Computer Magazine article on SimpleScalar - April 17, 2002
IEEE Computer magazine has published a feature article on the SimpleScalar tool set, written by Prof. Austin and two of his Ph.D. students Dan Ernst and Eric Larson.  IEEE members can get a copy of the article here.

SimpleScalar in the literature - April 12, 2002
The 29th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2002) has published this year's advanced program.  More than one half of the papers published in the conference used SimpleScalar tools to evaluate their design!  We've listed them on the "Who's Using It" page.

SimpleScalar/ARM integrated into SimpleScalar v4.0 test release - March 1, 2002
The ARM target support for SimpleScalar is now available to all SimpleScalar v4.0 testers.  Details on how to download and build the ARM target support can be found on the SimpleScalar v4.0 test release web page.

SimpleScalar in the literature - February 2, 2002
The 8th International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA-8) has published this year's advanced program.  More than one third of the papers published in the conference used SimpleScalar tools to evaluate their design!  We've listed them on the "Who's Using It" page.

SimpleScalar Tutorial slides now available online - December 12, 2001
A SimpleScalar tutorial was held at MICRO-34.  It gave an overview of the SimpleScalar tool set including the new features introduced in SimpleScalar version 4.0 (due out early next year).  The slides from the tutorial are online here.