DocumentCode
1601883
Title
PLUS: a distributed shared-memory system
Author
Bisiani, Roberto ; Ravishankar, Mosur
Author_Institution
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
fYear
1990
Firstpage
115
Lastpage
124
Abstract
PLUS is a multiprocessor architecture tailored to the fast execution of a single multithreaded process; its goal is to accelerate the execution of CPU-bound applications. PLUS supports shared memory and efficient synchronization. Memory access latency is reduced by nondemand replication of pages with hardware-supported coherence between replicated pages. The architecture has been simulated in detail, and some of the key measurements that have been used to substantiate the architectural decisions are presented. The current implementation of PLUS is also described
Keywords
parallel architectures; parallel machines; synchronisation; CPU-bound applications; distributed shared-memory system; hardware-supported coherence; multiprocessor architecture; single multithreaded process; synchronization; Acceleration; Access protocols; Application software; Coherence; Computer architecture; Computer science; Delay; Hardware; Parallel processing; Programming profession;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Architecture, 1990. Proceedings., 17th Annual International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN
0-8186-2047-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISCA.1990.134514
Filename
134514
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