Title:
A Characterization of Scalable Shared Memories

dc.contributor.author Kohli, Prince en_US
dc.contributor.author Neiger, Gil
dc.contributor.author Ahamad, Mustaque
dc.date.accessioned 2005-06-17T18:01:43Z
dc.date.available 2005-06-17T18:01:43Z
dc.date.issued 1993 en_US
dc.description.abstract The traditional consistency requirements of shared memory are expensive to provide both in large scale multiprocessor systems and also in distributed systems that implement a shared memory abstraction in software. As a result, several memory systems have been proposed that enhance performance and scalability of shared memories by providing weaker consistency guarantees. Often, different models are used to describe such memories which makes it difficult to relate and compare them. We develop a simple non-operational model and identify parameters that can be varied to describe not only the existing memories but also to identify new ones. We show how such a uniform framework makes it easy to compare and relate the various memories. We also use the model to show that a well known software solution to the critical section problem can be used to distinguish the RC[subscript sc] and RC[subscript pc] memories explored in the DASH architecture. en_US
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dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/6752
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries CC Technical Report; GIT-CC-93-04 en_US
dc.subject DASH architecture
dc.subject Distributed Architecture for Shared Memory
dc.subject Distributed systems
dc.subject Formal models
dc.subject Memory consistency
dc.subject Performance
dc.subject Scalability
dc.subject Scalable shared memories
dc.subject Synchronization
dc.subject Multiprocessors
dc.title A Characterization of Scalable Shared Memories en_US
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Technical Report
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local.contributor.author Ahamad, Mustaque
local.contributor.corporatename College of Computing
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