Shared memory consistency models: A tutorial

Computer

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 66-76

  Adve, Sarita V ^a,c,d,f   Gharachorloo, Kourosh ^b,e  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE PORTABILITY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; USER INTERFACES;

SHARED MEMORY CONSISTENCY MODEL;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0030382365     PISSN: 00189162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2.546611     Document Type: Article

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