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1996
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Shasta: A Low Overhead, Software-Only Approach for Supporting Fine-Grain Shared Memory
This paper describes Shasta, a system that supports a shared address space in software on clusters of computers with physically distributed memory. A unique aspect of Shasta compa...
Daniel J. Scales, Kourosh Gharachorloo, Chandramoh...
89
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1996
ACM
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An Evaluation of Memory Consistency Models for Shared-Memory Systems with ILP Processors
Vijay S. Pai, Parthasarathy Ranganathan, Sarita V....
103
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1996
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
The Case for a Single-Chip Multiprocessor
Advances in IC processing allow for more microprocessor design options. The increasing gate density and cost of wires in advanced integrated circuit technologies require that we l...
Kunle Olukotun, Basem A. Nayfeh, Lance Hammond, Ke...
73
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1996
ACM
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Exploiting Dual Data-Memory Banks in Digital Signal Processors
Over the past decade, digital signal processors (DSPs) have emerged as the processors of choice for implementing embedded applications in high-volume consumer products. Through th...
Mazen A. R. Saghir, Paul Chow, Corinna G. Lee
107
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1996
ACM
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A Quantitative Analysis of Loop Nest Locality
This paper analyzes and quantifies the locality characteristics of numerical loop nests in order to suggest future directions for architecture and software cache optimizations. Si...
Kathryn S. McKinley, Olivier Temam
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1996
ACM
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Value Locality and Load Value Prediction
Mikko H. Lipasti, Christopher B. Wilkerson, John P...
95
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1996
ACM
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Petal: Distributed Virtual Disks
Edward K. Lee, Chandramohan A. Thekkath
92
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1996
ACM
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Synchronization and Communication in the T3E Multiprocessor
This paper describes the synchronization and communication primitives of the Cray T3E multiprocessor, a shared memory system scalable to 2048 processors. We discuss what we have l...
Steven L. Scott
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1996
ACM
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The Structure and Performance of Interpreters
Interpreted languages have become increasingly popular due to demands for rapid program development, ease of use, portability, and safety. Beyond the general impression that they ...
Theodore H. Romer, Dennis Lee, Geoffrey M. Voelker...
92
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1996
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
The Rio File Cache: Surviving Operating System Crashes
: One of the fundamental limits to high-performance, high-reliability file systems is memory's vulnerability to system crashes. Because memory is viewed as unsafe, systems per...
Peter M. Chen, Wee Teck Ng, Subhachandra Chandra, ...