Two Techniques to Enhance the Performance of Memory Consistency Models Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:2366371, abstract = {The memory consistency model supported by a multiprocessor directly affects its performance. Thus, several attempts have been made to relax the consistency models to allow for more buffering and pipelining of memory accesses. Unfortunately, the potential increase in performance afforded by relaxing the consistency model is accompanied by a more complex programming model. This paper introduces two general implementation techniques that provide higher performance for all the models. The first...}, address = {Boca Raton, FL}, author = {Gharachorloo, K. and Gupta, A. and Hennessy, J.}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1991 International Conference on Parallel Processing}, citeulike-article-id = {2366371}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.55.1561}, keywords = {cs533}, pages = {I--355--I--364}, posted-at = {2008-02-12 15:28:47}, priority = {1}, publisher = {CRC Press}, title = {Two Techniques to Enhance the Performance of Memory Consistency Models}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.55.1561}, volume = {I, Architecture}, year = {1991} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:2366371 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2366371 N2 - The memory consistency model supported by a multiprocessor directly affects its performance. Thus, several attempts have been made to relax the consistency models to allow for more buffering and pipelining of memory accesses. Unfortunately, the potential increase in performance afforded by relaxing the consistency model is accompanied by a more complex programming model. This paper introduces two general implementation techniques that provide higher performance for all the models. The first... AD - Boca Raton, FL EP - 355--I--364 TI - Two Techniques to Enhance the Performance of Memory Consistency Models PB - CRC Press VL - I, Architecture T2 - Proceedings of the 1991 International Conference on Parallel Processing SP - I KW - cs533 AU - Gharachorloo, K AU - Gupta, A AU - Hennessy, J PY - 1991/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.55.1561 ER -