Summary: A scalable organization for distributed directories
Alberto Ros *, Manuel E. Acacio, José M. García
Departamento de Ingeniería y Tecnología de Computadores, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
a r t i c l e i n f o
Article history:
Received 11 March 2009
Received in revised form 15 July 2009
Accepted 16 November 2009
Available online 24 November 2009
Keywords:
Chip multiprocessors
Many-core CMPs
Cache coherence
Distributed directory
Scalability
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a b s t r a c t
Although directory-based cache-coherence protocols are the best choice when designing chip multipro-
cessors with tens of cores on-chip, the memory overhead introduced by the directory structure may not

Source: Acacio, Manuel - Departamento de Ingenieria y Tecnologia de Computadores, Universidad de Murcia

Collections: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences