Energy efficiency is becoming a pressing issue, especially in large data centers where it
entails, at the same time, a non-negligible management cost, an enhancement of hardware …

The decreasing feature size of integrated circuits leads to less reliable hardware with higher
likelihood for errors. Without adding additional failure detection and masking mechanisms …

In the search for new paradigms to simplify multithreaded programming, Transactional
Memory (TM) is currently being advocated as a promising alternative to deadlock-prone lock …

Abstract Hardware Transactional Memory (HTM) implementations are becoming available in
commercial, off-the-shelf components. While generally comparable, some implementations …

Microprocessor developments In their 47 years of existence, microprocessors have
transformed the way we deal with information. Thanks to exponential growth in the number …

Transactional memory (TM) is a compelling alternative to simplify multithreaded
programming that traditionally relies on error-prone lock-based synchronization for …

The design of microprocessors is undergoing radical changes that affect the performance
and reliability of hardware and will have a high impact on software development. Future …

Transactional memory (TM) is a compelling alternative to simplify multithreaded
programming that traditionally relies on error-prone lock-based synchronization for …