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CAV
2010
Springer
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15 years 29 days ago
Dynamic Cutoff Detection in Parameterized Concurrent Programs
We consider the class of finite-state programs executed by an unbounded number of replicated threads communicating via shared variables. The thread-state reachability problem for t...
Alexander Kaiser, Daniel Kroening, Thomas Wahl
SAS
2007
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Modular Safety Checking for Fine-Grained Concurrency
Concurrent programs are difficult to verify because the proof must consider the interactions between the threads. Fine-grained concurrency and heap allocated data structures exacer...
Cristiano Calcagno, Matthew J. Parkinson, Viktor V...
ISHPC
2003
Springer
15 years 2 months ago
Improving Memory Latency Aware Fetch Policies for SMT Processors
Abstract. In SMT processors several threads run simultaneously to increase available ILP, sharing but competing for resources. The instruction fetch policy plays a key role, determ...
Francisco J. Cazorla, Enrique Fernández, Al...
ISCA
2000
IEEE
90views Hardware» more  ISCA 2000»
15 years 2 months ago
A scalable approach to thread-level speculation
While architects understandhow to build cost-effective parallel machines across a wide spectrum of machine sizes (ranging from within a single chip to large-scale servers), the re...
J. Gregory Steffan, Christopher B. Colohan, Antoni...
ISAAC
1999
Springer
70views Algorithms» more  ISAAC 1999»
15 years 1 months ago
Multiple Spin-Block Decisions
We study the online problem of holding a number of idle threads on an application server, which we have ready for processing new requests. The problem stems from the fact that bot...
Peter Damaschke