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Computer architecture simulator
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<p>A computer architecture simulator is a <a href="/facts/Computer_program/e38jH9N9">program</a> that simulates the <a href="/facts/Execution_(computing)/1fyfGMFm">execution</a> of <a href="/facts/Computer_architecture/tHtwxgR2">computer architecture</a>. </p><p>Computer architecture simulators are used for the following purposes: </p> <ul><li>Lowering cost by evaluating hardware designs without building physical hardware systems.</li> <li>Enabling access to unobtainable hardware.</li> <li>Increasing the precision and volume of computer performance data.</li> <li>Introducing abilities that are not normally possible on real hardware such as running code backwards when an error is detected or running in faster-than-<a href="/facts/Real-time_computing/p9HxgL4L">real time</a>.</li></ul>