Week 9: Distributed Shared Memory
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Distributed Shared Memory
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Distributed Shared Memory Lecture Slides
Distributed shared memory - Lecture slides
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Lazy Release Consistency for Software Distributed Shared Memory,
Pete Keleher, Alan L. Cox, and Willy Zwaenepoel.
Department of Computer Science,
Rice University,
March 16, 1992.
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Distributed Shared Memory, MMU, address translation, page fault,
directory, distributed directory, granularity, false sharing,
thrashing, replication, page location, consistency model,
sequential semantics, program order, sequential consistency,
serialized writes, write atomicity, prefetch-exclusive,
serialization instructions, weak consistency, synchronization
variable, release consistency, barrier, entry consistency.
