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为同步事件写入组合缓存微架构

Write combining cache microarchitecture for synchronization events
Abstract:
A method, computer program product, and system is described that enforces a release consistency with special accesses sequentially consistent (RCsc) memory model and executes release synchronization instructions such as a StRel event without tracking an outstanding store event through a memory hierarchy, while efficiently using bandwidth resources. What is also described is the decoupling of a store event from an ordering of the store event with respect to a RCsc memory model. The description also includes a set of hierarchical read/write combining buffers that coalesce stores from different parts of the system. In addition, a pool component maintains partial order of received store events and release synchronization events to avoid content addressable memory (CAM) structures, full cache flushes, as well as direct write-throughs to memory. The approach improves the performance of both global and local synchronization events since a store event may not need to reach main memory to complete.
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