Isbn: 9781332088713 - efficient synchronization on multiprocessors with shared memory (classic reprint) (4 risultati)

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book delves into the abstract mathematical universe of read-modify-write (RMW) synchronization operations as a foundation for understanding efficient data processing in massively parallel computing systems. The author establishes a new and broad framework for representing RMW operations, a family of memory access operations used in computer architectures. The book extends a technique known as memory request combining, originally introduced in the NYU Ultracomputer, to arbitrary RMW operations. The author provides a formal correctness proof for this combining mechanism and analyzes its practicality across a wide range of memory access operations. This includes a variety of synchronization primitives, such as test-and-set, fetch-and-add, and more general data-level synchronization methods. The work also explores the close relationship between the combining mechanism and parallel prefix evaluation, a well-known computational problem. The book provides a firm foundation for understanding a family of efficient parallel processing techniques foundational to the construction of modern parallel computer architectures. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

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