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| Date | 2011-05-13 22:26 +0200 |
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| From | Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> |
| Newsgroups | comp.arch |
| Subject | Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? |
| References | (2 earlier) <4DCCA664.9070207@SPAM.comp-arch.net> <nqev98-qvt2.ln1@ntp6.tmsw.no> <iqjjk2$ldo$1@dont-email.me> <op70a8-sru2.ln1@ntp6.tmsw.no> <iqjtmi$fh$1@dont-email.me> |
| Message-ID | <9pg0a8-d6v2.ln1@ntp6.tmsw.no> (permalink) |
Stephen Fuld wrote: > On 5/13/2011 10:53 AM, Terje Mathisen wrote: >> I'm currently assuming that any distributed RMW facility has to be >> implemented in the memory controllers... > > As I said above, test and set could be implemented within the memory > chips, but I agree with you that the advantages of XADD are worth the > somewhat lower performance than a within RAM chip implementation of test > and set. I'm more pragmatic: I really don't think there's any chance at all to get mass-market priced ram modules with built-in RMW support. Ergo: It has to be in the controller. :-( Terje -- - <Terje.Mathisen at tmsw.no> "almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"
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Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? "Paul A. Clayton" <paaronclayton@gmail.com> - 2011-05-12 08:49 -0700
Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? whygee <yg@yg.yg> - 2011-05-13 02:01 +0200
Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-05-12 20:32 -0700
Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-05-13 12:47 +0200
Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? Stephen Fuld <SFuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2011-05-13 08:44 -0700
Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-05-13 19:53 +0200
Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? Stephen Fuld <SFuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2011-05-13 11:36 -0700
Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-05-13 22:26 +0200
Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-05-14 17:17 -0700
Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-05-16 14:22 +0200
Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-05-16 07:38 -0700
Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-05-14 17:14 -0700
Re: What are the various alternate uses for the PC's LSB ? rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) - 2011-05-13 07:45 -0500
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