Analysis of Memory Interference in Multiprocessors

  • Authors:
  • D. P. Bhandarkar

  • Affiliations:
  • Texas Instruments,Incorporated

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers
  • Year:
  • 1975

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Abstract

This paper presents Markov chain models for analyzing the extent of memory interference in multiprocessor systems with a crosspoint switch for processor-memory communication. Processor behavior is simplified to an ordered sequence of a memory request followed by a certain amount of processing time. The results predicted by the model are compared with some simulation results and some actual measurements on C.mmp, a multiprocessor system being built at Carnegie-Mellon University.