Title :
Performance evaluation of a multiprocessor system with dual-port directory caches
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada
Abstract :
A cache is presented with a single dual-port directory which can be used for both the processor accesses and coherence operations simultaneously. The complexity of such a dual-port directory cache is far less than that of a traditional two-directory cache. A bus-based shared-memory multiprocessor model with dedicated private caches is described. Summarized results from extensive simulations are presented, and the performance of the multiprocessor system with the dual-port directory caches is evaluated
Keywords :
buffer storage; multiprocessing systems; performance evaluation; bus-based shared-memory multiprocessor model; dual-port directory caches; multiprocessor system; performance evaluation; Cache memory; Coherence; Degradation; Interference; Multiprocessing systems; Protocols; Registers; System performance; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 1991., IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-638-1
DOI :
10.1109/PACRIM.1991.160718
