Table of contents : Foreword Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction Virtual Platforms Simulation and the System Development Lifecycle Model-Driven Development Book Outline Trademark Information Chapter 2. Simics fundamentals Simics† Architecture and Terminology Running Real Software Stacks Interacting with Simics Configurations and the Simics Object Model Components Time in Simics Abstraction Levels Event-Based Simulation Memory Maps Memory Images Checkpointing Determinism and Repeatability Simics Performance Technology Models and Extensions Chapter 3. Develop and debug software on Simics Development Means Testing Agent-Based Debugger Debugging Using Simics Performance Analysis Inspecting the Hardware State Fault-Injection and Boundary Conditions Using Checkpoints Loading Software Continuous Integration Shortcuts in the Software Stack Chapter 4. System configuration in Simics Simics Component System Setup Scripts Automating Target Configuration and Boot Chapter 5. Networking Network Simulation in Simics Simulated Network Nodes Traffic Inspection and Modification Scaling Up the Network Size Connecting the Real World Ethernet Real-Network Variants Programming New Networks Chapter 6. Building virtual platforms The Purpose of the Model Virtual Platforms in Simics Device Modeling Language Reusing Existing Information DML Features Creating Device Models Completing the Device Model Reserved Registers and Missed Accesses Creating Models in Other Languages Chapter 7. DMA: A concrete modeling example DMA Device Description Implementing the Basic DMA Device Model Creating a PCI Express (PCIe) Model Creating a Component for the DMA Model Creating a Device Driver Chapter 8. Simulator extensions Introduction Implementing Extensions Cache and Memory Simulation Fault Injection Chapter 9. Simulator integration Introduction Problems and Solutions Run Control Launching and Embedding Time Management Communications Frontends Running Simics from Other Programs Record–Replay Debugging of Target Software Running on a Simics Target Multiple Simulator APIs Simics Processor API Chapter 10. Intel® architecture bring-up Pre-Silicon Process Early OS Enabling Post-Silicon Process Post-Silicon Case Study: PXE Appendix A. Source code Chapter 6: Counter Device Chapter 7: DMA Device References Index