DOE OSTI · 1036472
Managing coherence via put/get windows
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing coherence between two processors of a two processor node of a multi-processor computer system. Generally the present invention relates to a software algorithm that simplifies and significantly speeds the management of cache coherence in a message passing parallel computer, and to hardware apparatus that assists this cache coherence algorithm. The software algorithm uses the opening and closing of put/get windows to coordinate the activated required to achieve cache coherence. The hardware apparatus may be an extension to the hardware address decode, that creates, in the physical memory address space of the node, an area of virtual memory that (a) does not actually exist, and (b) is therefore able to respond instantly to read and write requests from the processing elements.
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Blumrich, Matthias A, Chen, Dong, Coteus, Paul W, Gara, Alan G, Giampapa, Mark E, Heidelberger, Philip, Hoenicke, Dirk, Ohmacht, Martin. 2012-02-21. Managing coherence via put/get windows. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1036472
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