Maintaining I/O data coherence in embedded multicore systems

IEEE Micro

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 10-19

  Berg, Thomas B ^a  

^a MIPS Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Cache; Coherence; Coherence manager; Computer architecture; Embedded systems; Hardware; Hardware software interfaces; I O coherence; Magnetic cores; Memory hierarchy; Multicore; Program processors; Software; System on a chip

Indexed keywords

CACHE; COHERENCE; COHERENCE MANAGER; HARDWARE/SOFTWARE INTERFACES; I/O COHERENCE; MEMORY HIERARCHY; MULTICORE; SOFTWARE; SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; EMBEDDED SOFTWARE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MAGNETIC CIRCUITS; MAGNETIC CORES; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MANAGERS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

EID: 67650507097     PISSN: 02721732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MM.2009.44     Document Type: Article

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