Two proposals for the inclusion of directory information in the last-level private caches of glueless shared-memory multiprocessors

A Ros, R Fernández-Pascual, ME Acacio… - Journal of Parallel and …, 2008 - Elsevier
In glueless shared-memory multiprocessors where cache coherence is usually maintained
using a directory-based protocol, the fast access to the on-chip components (caches and …

[PDF][PDF] Destination Reorder Buffer for Timestamp Snooping

F Li, Y Liu, L Wei - Citeseer
We design a 16-entry destination reorder buffer (DRB) that is used in timestamp snooping
for Symmetric Multiprocessor (MSP) servers. The reorder buffer, as the interface between the …