Multiprocessor hardware: An architectural overview

  • Authors:
  • John Tartar

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • ACM '80 Proceedings of the ACM 1980 annual conference
  • Year:
  • 1980

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Abstract

The subject of multiprocessor computer systems has been discussed almost since the inception of the modern digital computer in its uniprocessor form. The motivation for multiprocessor system research and development activity arises from a consideration of one or more of the following factors: throughput flexibility extendability price/performance availability reliability fault tolerance. While any one of these factors may be the central issue, it should not be construed that these factors are disjoint. Quite the contrary, each may have a subtle, nonobvious effect on any multiprocessor system design.