Talk:Simics

This article needs references. There are lots of them out there. Statements should be sourced, preferably from a neutral, independent source. Jehochman (Talk/Contrib) 22:24, 1 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I added a fairly complete reference list to all things simicsy/virtutechie on my user page User:psm. I didn't feel comfortable updating the Simics page myself for obvious reasons.  --Psm 20:09, 13 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Hm. I hadn't really read this page before.  It's a pretty dull summary of Simics.  It's correct, just not very complete.  Much of the fun stuff is missing.  Chances are most people surfing wiki are running software that at some point ran on Simics - Simics was used for initial porting and testing of most 64-bit OS code out there today (MSFT WinXP, Red Hat Linux, all the gnu tools, Solaris, upcoming IBM Power systems).  Simics was the first academic simulator that could run unmodified (in the true sense) commercial server operatings systems, and it was easily the first simulator from any source that could run more than one (as in, from more than one OS vendor for more than one architecture).  It was the first simulator to break the 1 Gips barrier, the first simulator to simulate 1000 nodes (each with their own OS).  It's easily the most broadly used third party simulator for high-end systems today, both academically and commercially.  Simics has been used by or is being used by a number of research groups and/or graduate courses, including at MIT, Duke, Wisconsin, CMU, Northwestern, Pitt, UPenn, Rochester, etc.  Last I checked Simics had been downloaded by users at over 1000 universities. Oh well.  /endplug.  Maybe an independent fan of Simics will write a more interesting article some time.  --Psm 20:28, 13 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, Peter. Feel free to take a whack at this article, using the most neutral tone possible, but post your revision here on the talk page. It will be particularly helpful if you can associate facts with footnoted references. We can then find a neutral Wikipedia volunteer to review the text and use it to improve the article.  Making things easy for the volunteers will help them get the job done sooner.  I can help with the formatting and wikilinking. As an expert in the field, it would be helpful for you to look at the Wikipedia articles related to embedded systems and computer architecture to see what can be done to improve them.  Feel free to make edits, but avoid mentioning Simics/Virtutech if you do.  We want to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest.  If an article touches Simics/Virtutech, the best bet is to make your comments on the article talk page, and offer to answer any questions the editors may have.   Thank you for stopping by and offering to help.  Jehochman (Talk/Contrib) 21:03, 13 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok. Give me a week or two and I'll try to post something useful on this page. --Psm 21:56, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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