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
fDate :
7/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
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;
