Related work

1.- The mechanism to generate traces is somewhat similar to the principles used in SimOS. A PowerPC version of SimOS is being developed at IBM Austin Research Labs (ARL).

2.- Some of the ideas applied in the development of The MET originated from research performed for exploring other architectures, as reported in

"Simulation/evaluation environment for a VLIW processor architecture,"
IBM Journal of Research and Development, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 287-302, May/June 1997.

"Architecture, compiler and simulation of a tree-based VLIW processor,"
IBM Research Report RC20495, 1996.

"Compiler/architecture interaction in a tree-based VLIW processor,"
IBM Research Report RC20694, 1996.

"DAISY: Dynamic Compilation for 100% Architectural Compatibility,"
Proc. 24th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture, pp. 26-37, 1997.