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Shared Virtual Memory: Progress and Challenges (1999)
| Venue: | Proceedings of the IEEE |
| Citations: | 42 - 4 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Iftode99sharedvirtual,
author = {Liviu Iftode and Jaswinder Pal Singh},
title = {Shared Virtual Memory: Progress and Challenges},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE},
year = {1999},
pages = {498--507}
}
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Abstract
This paper is a survey of the first 12 years of research in SVM, placing the multi-track flow of ideas and results obtained so far in a comprehensive framework. The contributions indicated in Figure 1 are classified in four categories, each belonging primarily to one layer: relaxed consistency models, protocol laziness, architectural support, and applications and application-driven research. A section of the paper is devoted to each category. The last section discusses other important emerging issues related to SVM: the alternative of fine-grained software coherence, hybrid protocols that implement software shared memory across multiple hardware-coherent multiprocessors, and scalability. The paper summarizes comparative performance results from the literature, discusses their limitations, places existing protocols in a framework based on laziness, and identifies the lessons learned so far and some key outstanding questions.
Keyphrases
virtual memory last section comprehensive framework relaxed consistency model key outstanding question protocol laziness architectural support multiple hardware-coherent multiprocessor comparative performance result application-driven research multi-track flow fine-grained software coherence hybrid protocol
