diff --git a/dram/.settings/language.settings.xml b/dram/.settings/language.settings.xml
index 26f9f756..d60268a9 100644
--- a/dram/.settings/language.settings.xml
+++ b/dram/.settings/language.settings.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		<extension point="org.eclipse.cdt.core.LanguageSettingsProvider">
 			<provider copy-of="extension" id="org.eclipse.cdt.ui.UserLanguageSettingsProvider"/>
 			<provider-reference id="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.MBSLanguageSettingsProvider" ref="shared-provider"/>
-			<provider class="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.language.settings.providers.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" console="false" env-hash="-60060699001507781" id="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" keep-relative-paths="false" name="CDT GCC Built-in Compiler Settings" parameter="${COMMAND} -E -P -v -dD &quot;${INPUTS}&quot; -std=c++11">
+			<provider class="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.language.settings.providers.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" console="false" env-hash="-2055719358" id="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" keep-relative-paths="false" name="CDT GCC Built-in Compiler Settings" parameter="${COMMAND} -E -P -v -dD &quot;${INPUTS}&quot; -std=c++11">
 				<language-scope id="org.eclipse.cdt.core.gcc"/>
 				<language-scope id="org.eclipse.cdt.core.g++"/>
 			</provider>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 		<extension point="org.eclipse.cdt.core.LanguageSettingsProvider">
 			<provider copy-of="extension" id="org.eclipse.cdt.ui.UserLanguageSettingsProvider"/>
 			<provider-reference id="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.MBSLanguageSettingsProvider" ref="shared-provider"/>
-			<provider class="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.language.settings.providers.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" console="false" env-hash="-60060699001507781" id="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" keep-relative-paths="false" name="CDT GCC Built-in Compiler Settings" parameter="${COMMAND} -E -P -v -dD &quot;${INPUTS}&quot; -std=c++11">
+			<provider class="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.language.settings.providers.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" console="false" env-hash="-2055719358" id="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" keep-relative-paths="false" name="CDT GCC Built-in Compiler Settings" parameter="${COMMAND} -E -P -v -dD &quot;${INPUTS}&quot; -std=c++11">
 				<language-scope id="org.eclipse.cdt.core.gcc"/>
 				<language-scope id="org.eclipse.cdt.core.g++"/>
 			</provider>
diff --git a/dram/resources/configs/addressConfig.xml b/dram/resources/configs/amconfigs/am_ddr4.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from dram/resources/configs/addressConfig.xml
rename to dram/resources/configs/amconfigs/am_ddr4.xml
diff --git a/dram/resources/configs/amconfigs/am_wideio.xml b/dram/resources/configs/amconfigs/am_wideio.xml
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7494e586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dram/resources/configs/amconfigs/am_wideio.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
+<!--
+<dramconfig>
+	<addressmap length="29">
+		<channel from="27" to="28" />
+		<bank  from="24" to="26" />
+		<row   from="11" to="23" />
+		<colum from="4" to="10" />
+		<bytes from="0" to="3" />
+	</addressmap>
+</dramconfig>
+-->
+<dramconfig>
+	<addressmap length="29">
+		<channel from="27" to="28" />
+		<row   from="14" to="26" />		
+		<bank  from="11" to="13" />
+		<colum from="4" to="10" />
+		<bytes from="0" to="3" />   
+		<!-- <channel from="27" to="28" />
+		<row   from="14" to="26" />		
+		<bytes from="10" to="13" />
+		<colum  from="3" to="9" />
+		<bank   from="0" to="2" />    -->
+		
+	</addressmap>
+</dramconfig>
diff --git a/dram/resources/simulations/first.xml b/dram/resources/simulations/first.xml
index 91776355..44906c04 100644
--- a/dram/resources/simulations/first.xml
+++ b/dram/resources/simulations/first.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 <simulation>
   <memspec>MICRON_4Gb_DDR4-1866_8bit_A.xml</memspec>
+  <addressmapping>am_wideio.xml</addressmapping>
   <memconfigs>
   	<memconfig>memconfig.xml</memconfig>
-<!--    <memconfig>fifo.xml</memconfig>
-    <memconfig>fr_fcfs_unaware.xml</memconfig>-->
+    <memconfig>fifo.xml</memconfig>
+    <memconfig>fr_fcfs_unaware.xml</memconfig>
   </memconfigs>
   <trace-setups>
-    <trace-setup>
+    <trace-setup id="1">
       <device >chstone-mips_32.stl</device>
+    </trace-setup>
+    <trace-setup id="2">
+      <device >chstone-adpcm_32.stl</device>
+      <device >empty.stl</device>
+      <device >empty.stl</device>
       <device >empty.stl</device>
     </trace-setup>
   </trace-setups>
diff --git a/dram/src/common/DebugManager.cpp b/dram/src/common/DebugManager.cpp
index 2fcad46a..a79c245d 100644
--- a/dram/src/common/DebugManager.cpp
+++ b/dram/src/common/DebugManager.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ void DebugManager::printDebugMessage(string sender, string message)
 		if (writeToConsole)
 			cout << " at " << sc_time_stamp() << "\t in " << sender << "\t: " << message << endl;
 
-		if (writeToFile)
+		if (writeToFile && debugFile)
 			debugFile << " at " << sc_time_stamp() << " in " << sender << "\t: " << message << "\n";
 	}
 #endif
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ void DebugManager::addToWhiteList(vector<string> senders)
 DebugManager::DebugManager() :
 		writeToConsole(true), writeToFile(true)
 {
-	debugFile.open("debug.txt");
 }
 
 void DebugManager::setDebugFile(std::string filename)
diff --git a/dram/src/common/TlmRecorder.cpp b/dram/src/common/TlmRecorder.cpp
index d00a3856..84fb4f2c 100644
--- a/dram/src/common/TlmRecorder.cpp
+++ b/dram/src/common/TlmRecorder.cpp
@@ -255,6 +255,5 @@ void TlmRecorder::closeConnection()
 	printDebugMessage("tlmPhaseRecorder:\tEnd Recording");
 	sqlite3_close(db);
 	db = NULL;
-	std::cout<<"connection closed"<<endl;
 }
 
diff --git a/dram/src/common/Utils.cpp b/dram/src/common/Utils.cpp
index 775c2ee5..382d09ab 100644
--- a/dram/src/common/Utils.cpp
+++ b/dram/src/common/Utils.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace tinyxml2;
 
+
 void reportFatal(std::string sender, std::string message)
 {
 	SC_REPORT_FATAL(sender.c_str(), message.c_str());
diff --git a/dram/src/common/Utils.h b/dram/src/common/Utils.h
index 10fb5fe7..25cecfee 100644
--- a/dram/src/common/Utils.h
+++ b/dram/src/common/Utils.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include "third_party/tinyxml2.h"
 #include <iomanip>
 
+constexpr const char headline[] = "=========================================================";
+
 template<typename Key, typename Val>
 Val getElementFromMap(std::map<Key, Val>& m, Key key)
 {
@@ -39,16 +41,19 @@ bool isIn(const T& value, const std::vector<T>& collection)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static inline void loadbar(unsigned int x, unsigned int n, unsigned int w = 50, unsigned int granularity=1)
+static inline void loadbar(unsigned int x, unsigned int n, unsigned int w = 50, unsigned int granularity = 1)
 {
-    if ( (x != n) && (x % (n/100*granularity) != 0) ) return;
+	if ((x != n) && (x % (n / 100 * granularity) != 0))
+		return;
 
-    float ratio  =  x/(float)n;
-    unsigned int   c      =  (ratio * w);
-    std::cout << std::setw(3) << round(ratio*100) << "% [";
-    for (unsigned int x=0; x<c; x++) std::cout << "=";
-    for (unsigned int x=c; x<w; x++) std::cout << " ";
-    std::cout << "]\r" << std::flush;
+	float ratio = x / (float) n;
+	unsigned int c = (ratio * w);
+	std::cout << std::setw(3) << round(ratio * 100) << "% [";
+	for (unsigned int x = 0; x < c; x++)
+		std::cout << "=";
+	for (unsigned int x = c; x < w; x++)
+		std::cout << " ";
+	std::cout << "]\r" << std::flush;
 }
 
 void reportFatal(std::string sender, std::string message);
diff --git a/dram/src/simulation/MemoryManager.cpp b/dram/src/simulation/MemoryManager.cpp
index 7777836d..1abc1b24 100644
--- a/dram/src/simulation/MemoryManager.cpp
+++ b/dram/src/simulation/MemoryManager.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "MemoryManager.h"
+#include "../common/DebugManager.h"
 #include <iostream>
 
 using namespace std;
@@ -22,9 +23,8 @@ MemoryManager::~MemoryManager()
 		delete payload;
 		numberOfFrees++;
 	}
-	cout << "Memory Manager: Number of allocated payloads: " << numberOfAllocations << std::endl;
-	cout << "Memory Manager: Number of freed payloads:  " << numberOfFrees << std::endl;
-
+	DebugManager::getInstance().printDebugMessage("MemomryManager","Number of allocated payloads: " + to_string(numberOfAllocations));
+	DebugManager::getInstance().printDebugMessage("MemomryManager","Number of freed payloads: " + to_string(numberOfFrees));
 }
 
 gp* MemoryManager::allocate()
diff --git a/dram/src/simulation/Simulation.cpp b/dram/src/simulation/Simulation.cpp
index f2f6f7ab..77ee2b98 100644
--- a/dram/src/simulation/Simulation.cpp
+++ b/dram/src/simulation/Simulation.cpp
@@ -20,31 +20,8 @@ using namespace std;
 
 namespace simulation {
 
-Simulation::Simulation(string name, string pathToResources, string traceName, DramSetup setup,
-		std::vector<Device> devices, bool silent) :
-		traceName(traceName), senderName(name)
-
+void Simulation::setupDebugManager(bool silent, const string& traceName)
 {
-	xmlAddressDecoder::addressConfigURI = pathToResources + string("configs/addressConfig.xml");
-	TlmRecorder::dbName = traceName;
-	TlmRecorder::sqlScriptURI = pathToResources + string("scripts/createTraceDB.sql");
-	Configuration::memconfigUri = pathToResources + string("configs/memconfigs/") + setup.memconfig;
-	Configuration::memspecUri = pathToResources + string("configs/memspecs/") + setup.memspec;
-
-	//setup dram
-	dram = new Dram<>("dram");
-	arbiter = new Arbiter<numberOfTracePlayers, 128>("arbiter");
-	controller = new Controller<>("controller");
-
-	player1 = new TracePlayer<>("player1", pathToResources + string("traces/") + devices[0].trace, devices[0].burstLength, this);
-	player2 = new TracePlayer<>("player2", pathToResources + string("traces/") + devices[1].trace, devices[1].burstLength, this);
-
-
-	player1->iSocket.bind(arbiter->tSockets[0]);
-	player2->iSocket.bind(arbiter->tSockets[1]);
-	arbiter->iSocket.bind(controller->tSocket);
-	controller->iSocket.bind(dram->tSocket);
-
 	vector<string> whiteList;
 	if (!silent)
 	{
@@ -56,7 +33,6 @@ Simulation::Simulation(string name, string pathToResources, string traceName, Dr
 		whiteList.push_back(ControllerCore::senderName);
 		whiteList.push_back(PowerDownManagerBankwise::senderName);
 	}
-
 	auto& dbg = DebugManager::getInstance();
 	dbg.addToWhiteList(whiteList);
 	dbg.setDebugFile(traceName + ".txt");
@@ -65,12 +41,44 @@ Simulation::Simulation(string name, string pathToResources, string traceName, Dr
 		dbg.writeToConsole = false;
 		dbg.writeToFile = false;
 	}
+}
+
+Simulation::Simulation(string name, string pathToResources, string traceName, DramSetup setup, std::vector<Device> devices,
+		bool silent) :
+		traceName(traceName), senderName(name), dramSetup(setup)
+
+{
+	xmlAddressDecoder::addressConfigURI = pathToResources + string("configs/amconfigs/") + setup.addressmapping;
+	TlmRecorder::dbName = traceName;
+	TlmRecorder::sqlScriptURI = pathToResources + string("scripts/createTraceDB.sql");
+	Configuration::memconfigUri = pathToResources + string("configs/memconfigs/") + setup.memconfig;
+	Configuration::memspecUri = pathToResources + string("configs/memspecs/") + setup.memspec;
+
+	dram = new Dram<>("dram");
+	arbiter = new Arbiter<NumberOfTracePlayers, 128>("arbiter");
+	controller = new Controller<>("controller");
+
+	player1 = new TracePlayer<>("player1", pathToResources + string("traces/") + devices[0].trace, devices[0].burstLength, this);
+	player2 = new TracePlayer<>("player2", pathToResources + string("traces/") + devices[1].trace, devices[1].burstLength, this);
+	player3 = new TracePlayer<>("player3", pathToResources + string("traces/") + devices[2].trace, devices[2].burstLength, this);
+	player4 = new TracePlayer<>("player4", pathToResources + string("traces/") + devices[3].trace, devices[3].burstLength, this);
+
+	player1->iSocket.bind(arbiter->tSockets[0]);
+	player2->iSocket.bind(arbiter->tSockets[1]);
+	player3->iSocket.bind(arbiter->tSockets[2]);
+	player4->iSocket.bind(arbiter->tSockets[3]);
+
+	arbiter->iSocket.bind(controller->tSocket);
+	controller->iSocket.bind(dram->tSocket);
+
+	setupDebugManager(silent, traceName);
 
 	totalTransactions = getNumberOfLines(pathToResources + string("traces/") + devices[0].trace);
 	totalTransactions += getNumberOfLines(pathToResources + string("traces/") + devices[1].trace);
-	cout << "Total transactions: " << totalTransactions << endl;
-	remainingTransactions = totalTransactions;
+	totalTransactions += getNumberOfLines(pathToResources + string("traces/") + devices[2].trace);
+	totalTransactions += getNumberOfLines(pathToResources + string("traces/") + devices[3].trace);
 
+	remainingTransactions = totalTransactions;
 }
 
 Simulation::~Simulation()
@@ -80,16 +88,23 @@ Simulation::~Simulation()
 	delete controller;
 	delete player1;
 	delete player2;
+	delete player3;
+	delete player4;
 }
 
 void Simulation::start()
 {
-	cout << "Starting simulation:" << endl;
+	report("\n\nStarting simulation:");
+	report(headline);
+	report("  -> setup: \t\t" + getFileName(traceName));
+	report("  -> memspec: \t\t" + Configuration::getInstance().MemoryId);
+	report("  -> transactions: \t" + to_string(totalTransactions));
+	cout<<endl;
 	simulationStartTime = clock();
-	DebugManager::getInstance().printDebugMessage(senderName, "Starting simulation");
 	player1->start();
 	player2->start();
-	sc_set_stop_mode(SC_STOP_FINISH_DELTA);
+	player3->start();
+	player4->start();
 	sc_start();
 }
 
@@ -97,22 +112,27 @@ void inline Simulation::transactionFinished()
 {
 	remainingTransactions--;
 	loadbar(totalTransactions - remainingTransactions, totalTransactions);
-	if(remainingTransactions == 0)
+	if (remainingTransactions == 0)
 	{
+		cout<<endl;
 		stop();
 	}
 }
 void Simulation::stop()
 {
+	report("\nTerminating simulation");
 	controller->terminateSimulation();
-	DebugManager::getInstance().printDebugMessage(senderName, "Terminating simulation");
 	TlmRecorder::getInstance().closeConnection();
 	sc_stop();
 
 	double elapsed_secs = double(clock() - simulationStartTime) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
-	DebugManager::getInstance().printDebugMessage(senderName, "Simulation took " + to_string(elapsed_secs) + " seconds");
-	cout << "\nSimulation took: " << (elapsed_secs) << endl;
+	report("Simulation took " + to_string(elapsed_secs) + " seconds");
+}
 
+void Simulation::report(string message)
+{
+	DebugManager::getInstance().printDebugMessage(senderName, message);
+	cout << message << endl;
 }
 
 unsigned int Simulation::getNumberOfLines(string uri)
diff --git a/dram/src/simulation/Simulation.h b/dram/src/simulation/Simulation.h
index 87eae6d5..7b1bbd07 100644
--- a/dram/src/simulation/Simulation.h
+++ b/dram/src/simulation/Simulation.h
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ namespace simulation {
 struct DramSetup
 {
 	DramSetup():memconfig(""),memspec(""){}
-	DramSetup(std::string memconfig, std::string memspec) : memconfig(memconfig), memspec(memspec) {}
+	DramSetup(std::string memconfig, std::string memspec, std::string addressmapping) : memconfig(memconfig), memspec(memspec), addressmapping(addressmapping) {}
 	std::string memconfig;
 	std::string memspec;
+	std::string addressmapping;
 };
 
 struct Device
@@ -47,22 +48,29 @@ public:
 	void stop();
 
 	void inline transactionFinished() override;
+	constexpr static unsigned int NumberOfTracePlayers = 4;
 
 private:
-	constexpr static unsigned int numberOfTracePlayers = 2;
 	std::string traceName;
 	std::string senderName;
+	DramSetup dramSetup;
+
 	Dram<> *dram;
-	Arbiter<numberOfTracePlayers, 128> *arbiter;
+	Arbiter<NumberOfTracePlayers, 128> *arbiter;
 	Controller<> *controller;
 
 	TracePlayer<> *player1;
 	TracePlayer<> *player2;
+	TracePlayer<> *player3;
+	TracePlayer<> *player4;
 
 	unsigned int totalTransactions;
 	unsigned int remainingTransactions;
 	clock_t simulationStartTime;
 	unsigned int getNumberOfLines(string uri);
+
+	void report(std::string message);
+	void setupDebugManager(bool silent, const string& traceName);
 };
 
 } /* namespace simulation */
diff --git a/dram/src/simulation/SimulationManager.cpp b/dram/src/simulation/SimulationManager.cpp
index ce16d9d9..9599bf95 100644
--- a/dram/src/simulation/SimulationManager.cpp
+++ b/dram/src/simulation/SimulationManager.cpp
@@ -25,19 +25,47 @@ SimulationManager::~SimulationManager()
 
 void SimulationManager::loadSimulationFromXML(string uri)
 {
-	simulationName = getFileName(uri);
-
+	cout << "\n\nLoad Simulation-Batch:"<<endl;
+	cout << headline<< endl;
+	cout << "\t-> load simulation from .."<<endl;
 	XMLDocument doc;
 	loadXML(uri, doc);
 
-	XMLElement* simulation = doc.FirstChildElement("simulation");
+	cout << "\t-> parsing simulation object .."<<endl;
+	simulationName = getFileName(uri);
+	parseXML(doc);
 
+	cout << "\t-> checking paths .."<<endl;
+	checkPaths();
+
+	cout << "\t-> simulation loaded successfully!\n"<<endl;
+	printSimulationBatch();
+}
+
+void SimulationManager::runSimulations()
+{
+	system(string("mkdir -p " + simulationName).c_str());
+
+	for (auto& dramSetup : dramSetups)
+	{
+		string memconfig = getFileName(dramSetup.memconfig);
+		for (auto& traceSetup : traceSetups)
+		{
+			runSimulation(simulationName + "/" + memconfig + "-" + traceSetup.first + ".tdb", dramSetup, traceSetup.second);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void SimulationManager::parseXML(XMLDocument& doc)
+{
+	XMLElement* simulation = doc.FirstChildElement("simulation");
 	string memspecUri = simulation->FirstChildElement("memspec")->GetText();
+	string addressmappingUri = simulation->FirstChildElement("addressmapping")->GetText();
 
 	for (XMLElement* element = simulation->FirstChildElement("memconfigs")->FirstChildElement("memconfig"); element != NULL;
 			element = element->NextSiblingElement("memconfig"))
 	{
-		dramSetups.push_back(DramSetup(element->GetText(), memspecUri));
+		dramSetups.push_back(DramSetup(element->GetText(), memspecUri, addressmappingUri));
 	}
 
 	for (XMLElement* element = simulation->FirstChildElement("trace-setups")->FirstChildElement("trace-setup"); element != NULL;
@@ -45,23 +73,6 @@ void SimulationManager::loadSimulationFromXML(string uri)
 	{
 		addTraceSetup(element);
 	}
-
-	checkPaths();
-}
-
-void SimulationManager::runSimulations()
-{
-	system(string("mkdir " + simulationName).c_str());
-	printSimulationBatch();
-	int i = 0;
-	for (auto dramSetup : dramSetups)
-	{
-		for (auto traceSetup : traceSetups)
-		{
-			i++;
-			runSimulation(simulationName+"/tpr" + to_string(i) + ".tdb", dramSetup, traceSetup);
-		}
-	}
 }
 
 void SimulationManager::checkPaths()
@@ -75,7 +86,7 @@ void SimulationManager::runSimulation(string traceName, DramSetup dramSetup, vec
 	int status = 0;
 	if (pid == 0)
 	{
-		Simulation* simulation = new Simulation("sim", resources, traceName, dramSetup, traceSetup);
+		Simulation* simulation = new Simulation("sim", resources, traceName, dramSetup, traceSetup, silent);
 		simulation->start();
 		delete simulation;
 		_Exit(0);
@@ -84,27 +95,10 @@ void SimulationManager::runSimulation(string traceName, DramSetup dramSetup, vec
 	waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
 }
 
-void SimulationManager::printSimulationBatch()
-{
-	cout << "Simulation Batch:\n##################" << endl;
-	for (DramSetup& s : dramSetups)
-	{
-		cout << s.memspec << " - " << s.memconfig << endl;
-	}
-	cout << endl;
-	for (vector<Device>& s : traceSetups)
-	{
-		cout << "Simulation:\n";
-		for (Device d : s)
-			cout << "\t(" << d.burstLength << ") " << d.trace << ";" << endl;
-		cout << endl;
-	}
-}
-
 void SimulationManager::startTraceAnalyzer()
 {
 	string p = getenv("trace");
-	string run_tpr = p + " -f " + simulationName;
+	string run_tpr = p + " -f " + simulationName + "&";
 	system(run_tpr.c_str());
 }
 
@@ -115,7 +109,34 @@ void SimulationManager::addTraceSetup(tinyxml2::XMLElement* element)
 	{
 		devices.push_back(Device(device->GetText(), device->IntAttribute("bl")));
 	}
-	traceSetups.push_back(devices);
+	while(devices.size()<Simulation::NumberOfTracePlayers)
+	{
+		devices.push_back(Device());
+	}
+	traceSetups.emplace(element->Attribute("id"), devices);
+}
+
+void SimulationManager::report(string message)
+{
+	//DebugManager::getInstance().printDebugMessage("Simulation Manager", message);
+	//if (DebugManager::getInstance().writeToConsole == false)
+		cout << message << endl;
+}
+
+void SimulationManager::printSimulationBatch()
+{
+	for (DramSetup& s : dramSetups)
+	{
+		cout << s.memspec << " - " << s.memconfig << endl;
+	}
+	cout << endl;
+	for (auto& s : traceSetups)
+	{
+		cout << "trace-setup " + s.first + ":\n";
+		for (Device d : s.second)
+			cout << "\t(" << d.burstLength << ") " << d.trace << ";" << endl;
+		cout << endl;
+	}
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/dram/src/simulation/SimulationManager.h b/dram/src/simulation/SimulationManager.h
index 122e1e2e..185c4bf9 100644
--- a/dram/src/simulation/SimulationManager.h
+++ b/dram/src/simulation/SimulationManager.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
+#include <map>
 #include "Simulation.h"
 #include "../common/third_party/tinyxml2.h"
 
@@ -25,17 +26,21 @@ public:
 	void runSimulations();
 	void startTraceAnalyzer();
 
+	bool silent = false;
 private:
 	std::string simulationName;
 
 	std::vector<simulation::DramSetup> dramSetups;
-	std::vector<std::vector<Device>> traceSetups;
+	std::map<std::string, std::vector<Device>> traceSetups;
 	std::string resources;
 
 	void runSimulation(std::string traceName, DramSetup dramSetup, std::vector<Device> traceSetup);
 	void addTraceSetup(tinyxml2::XMLElement* element);
+	void parseXML(tinyxml2::XMLDocument& doc);
 	void checkPaths();
 	void printSimulationBatch();
+
+	void report(std::string message);
 };
 
 } /* namespace simulation */
diff --git a/dram/src/simulation/main.cpp b/dram/src/simulation/main.cpp
index 340881f9..822db596 100644
--- a/dram/src/simulation/main.cpp
+++ b/dram/src/simulation/main.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ int sc_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	SimulationManager manager(resources);
 	manager.loadSimulationFromXML(resources + "/simulations/" + simulationToRun);
+	manager.silent = true;
 	manager.runSimulations();
 	manager.startTraceAnalyzer();