The impact of dynamic directories on multicore interconnects

Matthew Schuchhardt, Abhishek Das, Nikos Hardavellas, Gokhan Memik, Alok Nidhi Choudhary

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Abstract

A large fraction of on-chip multicore interconnect traffic originates not from actual data transfers but from communication between the cores to maintain data coherence. Co-locating directories near their shared data eliminates many interconnect traversals, substantially reducing power and energy consumption.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages32-39
Number of pages8
Volume46
No10
Specialist publicationComputer
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Dynamic directories
  • Memory coherence
  • Multicore processors
  • On-chip interconnects

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science

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