MICRO
2010
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
2010
IEEE
We propose an architectural design methodology for designing formally verifiable cache coherence protocols, called Fractal Coherence. Properly designed to be fractal in behavior, t...
DSL
1997
14 years 1 months ago
1997
In this paper we describe our experience with Teapot [7], a domain-specific language for writing cache coherence protocols. Cache coherence is of concern when parallel and distrib...
ISCA
1998
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
1998
IEEE
Most large shared-memory multiprocessors use directory protocols to keep per-processor caches coherent. Some memory references in such systems, however, suffer long latencies for ...
ISCA
2006
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2006
IEEE
Improvements in semiconductor technology have made it possible to include multiple processor cores on a single die. Chip Multi-Processors (CMP) are an attractive choice for future...
NOCS
2008
IEEE
14 years 7 months ago
2008
IEEE
This paper introduces a cost-effective technique to deal with CMP coherence protocol requirements from the interconnection network point of view. A mechanism is presented to avoid...
MICRO
2009
IEEE
14 years 7 months ago
2009
IEEE
With transistor miniaturization leading to an abundance of on-chip resources and uniprocessor designs providing diminishing returns, the industry has moved beyond single-core micr...