Ticks are an abstract unit of time and cycles are a property of a CPU. The period of the CPU clock is ultimately expressed in Ticks, but otherwise they're unrelated. The CPU may already have an IPC stat.
Gabe On 07/13/11 02:04, myrice wrote: > I want to get IPC( Instruction per Cycle) in my research. In gem5 > stats.txt file, it gives sim_ticks but no cpu cycles. > > What's the difference between ticks and cycle? > Can I use IPT(Instruction per tick) instead (That is sim_insts/sim_ticks)? > > Best Regards, > Myrice > > > _______________________________________________ > gem5-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users
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