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Book Cache Coherence Protocols for Large scale Multiprocessors

Download or read book Cache Coherence Protocols for Large scale Multiprocessors written by D. L. Chaiken and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Hybrid Directory based Cache Coherence Protocol for Large scale Shared memory Multiprocessors and Its Performance Evaluation

Download or read book A Hybrid Directory based Cache Coherence Protocol for Large scale Shared memory Multiprocessors and Its Performance Evaluation written by Kwo-Yuan Shieh and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Efficient and Scalable Cache Coherence for Chip Multiprocessors

Download or read book Efficient and Scalable Cache Coherence for Chip Multiprocessors written by Alberto Ros and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chip multiprocessors (CMPs) constitute the new trend for increasing the performance of future computers. In the near future, chips with tens of cores will become more popular. Nowadays, directory-based protocols constitute the best alternative to keep cache coherence in large-scale systems. Nevertheless, directory-based protocols have two important issues that prevent them from achieving better scalability: the directory memory overhead and the long cache miss latencies. This book focuses on these key issues. The first proposal is a scalable distributed directory organization that copes with the memory overhead of directory-based protocols. The second proposal presents the direct coherence protocols, which are aimed at avoiding the indirection problem of traditional directory-based protocols and, therefore, they improve applications' performance. Finally, a novel mapping policy for distributed caches is presented. This policy reduces the long access latency while lessening the number of off-chip accesses, leading to improvements in applications' execution time.

Book Cache Coherence for Large Scale Shared Memory Multiprocessors

Download or read book Cache Coherence for Large Scale Shared Memory Multiprocessors written by Stanford University. Computer Science Department. Knowledge Systems Laboratory and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hardware and Compiler directed Cache Coherence in Large scale Multiprocessors

Download or read book Hardware and Compiler directed Cache Coherence in Large scale Multiprocessors written by Lynn Choi and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: "In this paper, we study a hardware-supported, compiler-directed (HSCD) cache coherence scheme, which can be implemented on a large-scale multiprocessor using off-the-shelf microprocessors, such as the Cray T3D. The scheme can be adapted to various cache organizations, including multi-word cache lines and byte-addressable architectures. Several system related issues, including critical sections, inter-thread communication, and task migration have also been addressed. The cost of the required hardware support is minimal and proportional to the cache size. The necessary compiler algorithms, including intra- and interprocedural array data flow analysis, have been implemented on the Polaris parallelizing compiler [33]. From our simulation study using the Perfect Club benchmarks [5], we found that in spite of the conservative analysis made by the compiler, the performance of the proposed HSCD scheme can be comparable to that of a full-map hardware directory scheme. Given its comparable performance and reduced hardware cost, the proposed scheme can be a viable alternative for large-scale multiprocessors such as the Cray T3D, which rely on users to maintain data coherence."

Book Software Cache Coherence for Large Scale Multiprocessors

Download or read book Software Cache Coherence for Large Scale Multiprocessors written by University of Rochester. Department of Computer Science and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: "Shared memory provides an attractive and intuitive programming model that makes good use of programmer time and effort. Shared memory however requires a coherence mechanism to allow caching for performance and to ensure that processors do not use stale data in their caches. We evaluate several algorithmic and architectural alternatives in the design space of NCC-NUMA machines with a globally-accessible physical address space. We present a new adaptive algorithm for software cache coherence that reduces interprocessor communication and scales to large numbers of processors; we compare it to existing software and hardware coherence schemes. We also evaluate (1) the tradeoffs among various write policies (write-through, write-back, write-through with a write-collect buffer) and (2) the effect on performance of using remote memory access. Finally, we observe that certain simple program changes can greatly improve performance. For example, we find that the use of reader-writer locks, synchronization variable relocation, and data structure padding and alignment can allow a protocol to avoid significant amounts of coherence overhead."

Book Cache and Interconnect Architectures in Multiprocessors

Download or read book Cache and Interconnect Architectures in Multiprocessors written by Michel Dubois and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cache And Interconnect Architectures In Multiprocessors Eilat, Israel May 25-261989 Michel Dubois UniversityofSouthernCalifornia Shreekant S. Thakkar SequentComputerSystems The aim of the workshop was to bring together researchers working on cache coherence protocols for shared-memory multiprocessors with various interconnect architectures. Shared-memory multiprocessors have become viable systems for many applications. Bus based shared-memory systems (Eg. Sequent's Symmetry, Encore's Multimax) are currently limited to 32 processors. The fIrst goal of the workshop was to learn about the performance ofapplications on current cache-based systems. The second goal was to learn about new network architectures and protocols for future scalable systems. These protocols and interconnects would allow shared-memory architectures to scale beyond current imitations. The workshop had 20 speakers who talked about their current research. The discussions were lively and cordial enough to keep the participants away from the wonderful sand and sun for two days. The participants got to know each other well and were able to share their thoughts in an informal manner. The workshop was organized into several sessions. The summary of each session is described below. This book presents revisions of some of the papers presented at the workshop.

Book Software Cache Coherence for Large Scale Multiprocessors

Download or read book Software Cache Coherence for Large Scale Multiprocessors written by University of Rochester. Dept. of Computer Science and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: "Shared memory provides an attractive and intuitive programming model that makes good use of programmer time and effort. Shared memory however requires a coherence mechanism to allow caching for performance and to ensure that processors do not use stale data in their caches. We evaluate several algorithmic and architectural alternatives in the design space of NCC-NUMA machines with a globally-accessible physical address space. We present a new adaptive algorithm for software cache coherence that reduces interprocessor communication and scales to large numbers of processors; we compare it to existing software and hardware coherence schemes. We also evaluate (1) the tradeoffs among various write policies (write-through, write-back, write-through with a write-collect buffer) and (2) the effect on performance of using remote memory access. Finally, we observe that certain simple program changes can greatly improve performance. For example, we find that the use of reader-writer locks, synchronization variable relocation, and data structure padding and alignment can allow a protocol to avoid significant amounts of coherence overhead."

Book A Primer on Memory Consistency and Cache Coherence

Download or read book A Primer on Memory Consistency and Cache Coherence written by Daniel Sorin and published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers. This book was released on 2011-03-02 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many modern computer systems and most multicore chips (chip multiprocessors) support shared memory in hardware. In a shared memory system, each of the processor cores may read and write to a single shared address space. For a shared memory machine, the memory consistency model defines the architecturally visible behavior of its memory system. Consistency definitions provide rules about loads and stores (or memory reads and writes) and how they act upon memory. As part of supporting a memory consistency model, many machines also provide cache coherence protocols that ensure that multiple cached copies of data are kept up-to-date. The goal of this primer is to provide readers with a basic understanding of consistency and coherence. This understanding includes both the issues that must be solved as well as a variety of solutions. We present both highlevel concepts as well as specific, concrete examples from real-world systems. Table of Contents: Preface / Introduction to Consistency and Coherence / Coherence Basics / Memory Consistency Motivation and Sequential Consistency / Total Store Order and the x86 Memory Model / Relaxed Memory Consistency / Coherence Protocols / Snooping Coherence Protocols / Directory Coherence Protocols / Advanced Topics in Coherence / Author Biographies

Book Toward the Design of Large scale Shared memory Multiprocessors

Download or read book Toward the Design of Large scale Shared memory Multiprocessors written by Steven Scott and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Primer on Memory Consistency and Cache Coherence

Download or read book A Primer on Memory Consistency and Cache Coherence written by Vijay Nagarajan and published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many modern computer systems, including homogeneous and heterogeneous architectures, support shared memory in hardware. In a shared memory system, each of the processor cores may read and write to a single shared address space. For a shared memory machine, the memory consistency model defines the architecturally visible behavior of its memory system. Consistency definitions provide rules about loads and stores (or memory reads and writes) and how they act upon memory. As part of supporting a memory consistency model, many machines also provide cache coherence protocols that ensure that multiple cached copies of data are kept up-to-date. The goal of this primer is to provide readers with a basic understanding of consistency and coherence. This understanding includes both the issues that must be solved as well as a variety of solutions. We present both high-level concepts as well as specific, concrete examples from real-world systems. This second edition reflects a decade of advancements since the first edition and includes, among other more modest changes, two new chapters: one on consistency and coherence for non-CPU accelerators (with a focus on GPUs) and one that points to formal work and tools on consistency and coherence.

Book The Cache Coherence Problem in Shared Memory Multiprocessors

Download or read book The Cache Coherence Problem in Shared Memory Multiprocessors written by Igor Tartalja and published by Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press. This book was released on 1996-02-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book illustrates state-of-the-art software solutions for cache coherence maintenance in shared-memory multiprocessors. It begins with a brief overview of the cache coherence problem and introduces software solutions to the problem. The text defines and details static and dynamic software schemes, techniques for modeling performance evaluation mechanisms, and performance evaluation studies.