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Cooperative shared memory

Year: 1992

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: We believe the absence of massively-parallel, shared-memory machines follows from the lack of a shared-memory programming performance model that can inform programmers of the cost of operations (so they can avoid expensive ones) and can tell hardware designers which cases are common (so they can build simple hardware to optimize them). Cooperative shared memory, our approach to shared-memory design, addresses this problem. Our initial implementation of cooperative shared memory uses a simple programming model, called Check-In / Check-Out (CICO), in conjunction with even simpler hardware, called Dir1SW is a minimal director protocol that adds little complexity to message-passing hardware, but efficiently supports programs written within the CICO model.

Source: International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS)

DOI: 10.1145/143365.143537

Authors: Mark D. Hill, James R. Larus, Steven K. Reinhardt, David A. Wood

Language: English

Topic: Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques

Subfield: Hardware and Architecture

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2135393198

FWCI: 11.35

Cites: 34

Cited by: 88

Related to: 10