Title :
The Wisconsin Multicube: a new large-scale cache-coherent multiprocessor
Author :
Goodman, James R. ; Woest, Philip J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA
fDate :
30 May-2 Jun 1988
Abstract :
The Wisconsin Multicube, a large-scale, shared-memory multiprocessor architecture that uses a snooping cache protocol over a grid of buses, is introduced. The authors describe its cache coherence protocol and discuss efficient synchronization primitive. Then they discuss a number of other important design issues and modeling results. They introduce the general Multicube topology and discuss the scalability of the Wisconsin Multicube. A formal description of the cache consistency protocol is also given
Keywords :
buffer storage; multiprocessor interconnection networks; parallel architectures; protocols; Multicube topology; Wisconsin Multicube; cache coherence protocol; interconnection topology; large-scale cache-coherent multiprocessor; shared-memory multiprocessor architecture; snooping cache protocol; synchronization primitive; Coherence; Computer architecture; Delay; Grid computing; Hardware; Hypercubes; Large-scale systems; Programming profession; Protocols; Random access memory; Scalability; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Architecture, 1988. Conference Proceedings. 15th Annual International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0861-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISCA.1988.5253
