Transactional Memory: Glimmer of a Theory

  • Authors:
  • Rachid Guerraoui;Michał Kapałka

  • Affiliations:
  • EPFL, Switzerland;EPFL, Switzerland

  • Venue:
  • CAV '09 Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computer Aided Verification
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Transactional memory (TM) is a promising paradigm for concurrent programming. This paper is an overview of our recent theoretical work on defining a theory of TM. We first recall some TM correctness properties and then overview results on the inherent power and limitations of TMs.