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Hierarchical directory-based shared memory architecture

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posted on 1995-01-01, 00:00 authored by M Kumar, Svetha VenkateshSvetha Venkatesh, D Kieronska, L Patnaik
We describe the design of a directory-based shared memory architecture on a hierarchical network of hypercubes. The distributed directory scheme comprises two separate hierarchical networks for handling cache requests and transfers. Further, the scheme assumes a single address space and each processing element views the entire network as contiguous memory space. The size of individual directories stored at each node of the network remains constant throughout the network. Although the size of the directory increases with the network size, the architecture is scalable. The results of the analytical studies demonstrate superior performance characteristics of our scheme compared with those of other schemes.

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Journal

Computer journal

Volume

38

Pagination

207 - 216

Location

London, England

Open access

  • Yes

ISSN

0010-4620

eISSN

1460-2067

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

1995, Oxford University Press

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