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 …

With the maturing of technology for model checking and constraint solving, there is an
emerging opportunity to develop programming tools that can transform the way systems are …

For parallelism to become tractable for mass programmers, shared-memory languages and
environments must evolve to enforce disciplined practices that ban" wild shared-memory …

Many future shared-memory multiprocessor servers will both target commercial workloads
and use highly-integrated" glueless" designs. Implementing low-latency cache coherence in …

Much of the complexity and overhead (directory, state bits, invalidations) of a typical
directory coherence implementation stems from the effort to make it" invisible" even to the …

Distributed shared memory (DSM) is experiencing a resurgence with emerging fast network
stacks. Caching, which is still needed for reducing frequent remote access and balancing …

Abstract System and methods for cache coherence in a multi-core processing environment
having a local/shared cache hierarchy. The system includes multiple processor cores, a …

Vector architectures lack tools for research. Consider the gem5 simulator, which is possibly
the leading platform for computer-system architecture research. Unfortunately, gem5 does …

Computing systems utilize multicore processors with complex cache coherence protocols to
meet the increasing need for performance and energy improvement. It is a major challenge …

This paper describes the system architecture of the Cray BlackWidow scalable vector
multiprocessor. The BlackWidow system is a distributed shared memory (DSM) architecture …