DSM Transaction Examples

DSM Transaction Examples

• The Widget uses a centralized directory model
• The coherency unit size is 128 bytes for bandwidth and overhead reasons
• The Widget employs a modular, custom, hardwired design that allows for significant concurrency between and within the DSM components

Some sample DSM transactions follow. With them,

we demonstrate how the Widget design capitalizes on

inherent parallelism of those activities. In understanding

these examples, the following should be noted:

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