Developer(s) | Community |
---|---|
Initial release | August 2011 |
Stable release | v23.1
/ December 21, 2023 |
Written in | C++, Python |
Operating system | Linux |
License | Revised BSD License |
Website | www |
The gem5 simulator is an open-source system-level and processor simulator. It is utilized in academic research and in industry by companies such as ARM Research, AMD Research, Google, Micron, Metempsy, HP, and Samsung.[1][2] Arm has developed further software called Streamline for developers working with gem5 which aims to present "a graphical view of system execution".[3]
The gem5 simulator was born out of the merger of m5 (CPU simulation framework) and GEMS (memory timing simulator).[4]
gem5 is an event-driven simulator with multiple execution modes.[4]