Simulation of a multiprocessor computer system

Computer simulators have generally been constructed at one of two levels of detail: the instruction level or the bit-time (logic) level. Such simulators have been produced for many years now and their value is well established. By contrast, only minor attention has been given to simulating computer systems at a macroscopic level. One type of macro-level simulator has been reported recently by Hutchinson; in his model the simulated system consists of an entire computation center, with the computer representing merely a component.