A true hardware read barrier

International Symposium on Memory Management, ISMM

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 3-16

  Meyer, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hardware support; Object based processor architecture; Read barrier; Real time garbage collection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FAULT DETECTION; REAL TIME CONTROL; REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTING; SYNCHRONIZATION;

HARDWARE SUPPORT; OBJECT BASED PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE; READ BARRIER; REAL TIME GARBAGE COLLECTION;

COMPUTER HARDWARE;

EID: 34247282737     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1133956.1133959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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