The time unit, specified by the unit argument, can be one of cycles, s, ms, us, ns, ps, m or h.
Simics will simulate each processor for a specified number of cycles before switching to the next one. Specifying cycles (which is default) refers to the number of cycles on the first processor in the cell. The following processors's cycle switch times are calculated from their processor frequencies. When the command is issued with no argument, the current time quantum is reported.