Naslov
The NUMAchine Multiprocessor

Autori
Grindley, Robin ; Abdelrahman, Tarek ; Brown, Stephen ; Caranci, Steve ; DeVries, Derek ; Gamsa, Ben ; Grbic, Alex ; Gusat, Mitch ; Ho, Robert ; Krieger, Orran ; Lemieux, Guy ; Loveless, Kelvin ; Manjikian, Naraig ; McHardy, Paul ; Srbljić Siniša ; Stumm, Michael ; Vranesic, Zvonko ; Zilic, Zeljko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on Parallel Processing / - Toronto, 2000, 487-496

Skup
2000 International Conference on Parallel Processing

Mjesto i datum
Toronto, Kanada, 21.08.2000. - 24.08.2000

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
NUMAchine Multiprocessor; cache coherence protocol

Sažetak
Small-scale multiprocessors are becoming increasingly economical and common, whereas larger multiprocessors continue to have higher per-node costs. The NUMAchine multiprocessor project seeks to make large-scale multiprocessors more economical while maintaining high performance by exploring architectural and hardware features for low-cost, modular multiprocessors. To demonstrate our approach, we have implemented a prototype system that is scalable to 128 processors. An efficient directory-based cache coherence protocol exploits our hierarchical ring-based interconnect and supports sequential consistency. This paper documents the design choices and the resulting performance of the system using both simulation results and measurements on the prototype hardware.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Računarstvo

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