Memory models offer the formal frameworks that define how operations on memory are executed in environments with concurrent processes. By establishing rules for the ordering and visibility of memory ...
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“Memory consistency model (MCM) issues in out-of-order-issue microprocessor-based shared-memory systems are notoriously non-intuitive and a source of hardware design bugs. Prior hardware verification ...
Open source Java proponents want to modernize the Java memory model, which has not been formally updated in more than nine years, and focus on concurrency. A JEP (JDK Enhancement Proposal), number 188 ...
BERKELEY, Calif. & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The RISC-V Foundation, the non-profit corporation controlled by its members to drive the adoption and implementation of the free and open ...
The first installment of this series was an overview of memory barriers, why they are needed in SMP kernels and how the Linux kernel handles them [August 2005]. This installment gives an overview of ...
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ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, and IEEE Computer Society have announced that Mark D. Hill, a professor at the University of Wisconsin--Madison, is the recipient of the 2019 ...
Memory consistency models (MCMs) are known to flummox even experienced computer architects, so it is perhaps not surprising that recent news articles had some difficulty portraying the nuances behind ...