• DocumentCode
    1285323
  • Title

    Boosting the performance of shared memory multiprocessors

  • Author

    Stenström, Per ; Brorsson, Mats ; Dahlgren, Fredrick ; Grahn, Håkan ; Dubois, Michel

  • Author_Institution
    Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    7/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    63
  • Lastpage
    70
  • Abstract
    Proposed hardware optimizations to CC-NUMA machines-shared memory multiprocessors that use cache consistency protocols-can shorten the time processors lose because of cache misses and invalidations. The authors look at cost-performance trade-offs for each.
  • Keywords
    cache storage; memory protocols; optimisation; performance evaluation; shared memory systems; CC-NUMA machines; cache consistency protocols; cache misses; cost-performance trade-offs; hardware optimizations; invalidations; performance improvement; shared memory multiprocessors; Access protocols; Application software; Boosting; Computer architecture; Computer graphics; Delay; Hardware; Prefetching; Silicon; Traffic control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/2.596630
  • Filename
    596630
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1285323