CITATION.cff

# Citation metadata for Accel-Sim. Drives GitHub's "Cite this repository" widget.
# Format: https://citation-file-format.github.io/
#
# NOTE: Accel-Sim should be cited CUMULATIVELY -- see the "How to Cite" section of
# README.md. GitHub's widget only exports `preferred-citation` (Accel-Sim 2.0); the
# full cumulative set is listed under `references:` below and in CITATION.bib.
cff-version: 1.2.0
title: Accel-Sim
abstract: >-
  An extensible, validated framework for cycle-level GPU simulation. Accel-Sim traces real
  SASS execution from NVIDIA hardware with NVBit and replays it on a detailed performance
  model (GPGPU-Sim 4.x), together with the AccelWattch power model. Version 2.0 adds full
  NVIDIA Hopper support.
keywords:
  - GPU
  - simulation
  - computer architecture
  - GPGPU-Sim
  - CUDA
  - Hopper
message: >-
  If you use this software, please cite it cumulatively using the metadata in
  CITATION.bib (or the "How to Cite" section of README.md): Accel-Sim 1.0, Accel-Sim 2.0
  and GPGPU-Sim are always required; add AccelWattch and GPUWattch if you use the power
  model.
type: software
url: "https://accel-sim.github.io/"
repository-code: "https://github.com/accel-sim/accel-sim-framework"
version: "2.0"
# CFF requires a top-level `authors` key, so Accel-Sim is credited here as a single
# entity rather than an enumerated list -- the project has many contributors beyond any
# one paper's author list. See the GitHub contributors page for individual credit.
# Note: because `preferred-citation` is set below, GitHub's "Cite this repository" button
# exports THAT paper's author list, not this one.
authors:
  - name: The Accel-Sim Contributors
    website: "https://github.com/accel-sim/accel-sim-framework/graphs/contributors"

# Update this entry if/when the paper is published at a venue.
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: >-
    Architecting the Next Generation of Asynchronous, Distributed GPUs for the AI Era
  year: 2026
  journal: arXiv
  doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2608.22602
  url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.22602"
  identifiers:
    - type: other
      value: "arXiv:2608.22602"
  authors:
    - given-names: Junrui
      family-names: Pan
    - given-names: Weili
      family-names: An
    - given-names: Cesar
      family-names: Avalos Baddouh
    - given-names: Christin David
      family-names: Bose
    - given-names: Ni
      family-names: Kang
    - given-names: Aaron
      family-names: Barnes
    - given-names: Ahmad
      family-names: Alawneh
    - given-names: Fangjia
      family-names: Shen
    - given-names: Yechen
      family-names: Liu
    - given-names: Anusuya
      family-names: Nallathambi
    - given-names: Atthin
      family-names: Chandrashekar
    - given-names: Timothy G.
      family-names: Rogers

references:
  # ---- Base: cite for any use of Accel-Sim ----
  - type: conference-paper
    title: "Accel-Sim: An Extensible Simulation Framework for Validated GPU Modeling"
    collection-title: >-
      Proceedings of the 47th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA)
    year: 2020
    doi: 10.1109/ISCA45697.2020.00047
    authors:
      - given-names: Mahmoud
        family-names: Khairy
      - given-names: Zhesheng
        family-names: Shen
      - given-names: Tor M.
        family-names: Aamodt
      - given-names: Timothy G.
        family-names: Rogers
  - type: conference-paper
    title: "Analyzing CUDA Workloads Using a Detailed GPU Simulator"
    collection-title: >-
      Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems
      and Software (ISPASS)
    year: 2009
    doi: 10.1109/ISPASS.2009.4919648
    authors:
      - given-names: Ali
        family-names: Bakhoda
      - given-names: George L.
        family-names: Yuan
      - given-names: Wilson W. L.
        family-names: Fung
      - given-names: Henry
        family-names: Wong
      - given-names: Tor M.
        family-names: Aamodt
  # ---- Add if you use the power model ----
  - type: conference-paper
    title: "AccelWattch: A Power Modeling Framework for Modern GPUs"
    collection-title: >-
      Proceedings of the 54th Annual IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture
      (MICRO)
    year: 2021
    authors:
      - given-names: Vijay
        family-names: Kandiah
      - given-names: Scott
        family-names: Peverelle
      - given-names: Mahmoud
        family-names: Khairy
      - given-names: Junrui
        family-names: Pan
      - given-names: Amogh
        family-names: Manjunath
      - given-names: Timothy G.
        family-names: Rogers
      - given-names: Tor M.
        family-names: Aamodt
      - given-names: Nikos
        family-names: Hardavellas
  - type: conference-paper
    title: "GPUWattch: Enabling Energy Optimizations in GPGPUs"
    collection-title: >-
      Proceedings of the 40th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA)
    year: 2013
    doi: 10.1145/2485922.2485964
    authors:
      - given-names: Jingwen
        family-names: Leng
      - given-names: Tayler
        family-names: Hetherington
      - given-names: Ahmed
        family-names: ElTantawy
      - given-names: Syed
        family-names: Gilani
      - given-names: Nam Sung
        family-names: Kim
      - given-names: Tor M.
        family-names: Aamodt
      - given-names: Vijay Janapa
        family-names: Reddi