parallel programming

Implementing and Evaluating Nested Parallel Transactions in Software Transactional Memory
Transactional Memory (TM) is a promising technique that simplifies parallel programming for shared-memory applications. To date, most …
Woongki Baek, Nathan Bronson, Christos Kozyrakis, Kunle Olukotun
Cite DOI
Making Nested Parallel Transactions Practical Using Lightweight Hardware Support
Transactional Memory (TM) simplifies parallel programming by supporting parallel tasks that execute in an atomic and isolated way. To …
Woongki Baek, Nathan Bronson, Christos Kozyrakis, Kunle Olukotun
Cite DOI
Comparative Evaluation of Memory Models for Chip Multiprocessors
There are two competing models for the on-chip memory in Chip Multiprocessor (CMP) systems: hardware-managed coherent caches and …
Jacob Leverich, Hideho Arakida, Alex Solomatnikov, Amin Firoozshahian, Mark Horowitz, Christos Kozyrakis
Cite DOI
An Effective Hybrid Transactional Memory System with Strong Isolation Guarantees
We propose signature-accelerated transactional memory (SigTM), ahybrid TM system that reduces the overhead of software transactions. …
Chi Cao Minh, Martin Trautmann, JaeWoong Chung, Austen McDonald, Nathan Bronson, Jared Casper, Christos Kozyrakis, Kunle Olukotun
Cite DOI
Comparing Memory Systems for Chip Multiprocessors
There are two basic models for the on-chip memory in CMP systems:hardware-managed coherent caches and software-managed streaming …
Jacob Leverich, Hideho Arakida, Alex Solomatnikov, Amin Firoozshahian, Mark Horowitz, Christos Kozyrakis
Cite DOI
Towards Soft Optimization Techniques for Parallel Cognitive Applications
Woongki Baek, JaeWoong Chung, Chi Cao Minh, Christos Kozyrakis, Kunle Olukotun
Cite DOI
Transactional Programming in a Multi-Core Environment
With single thread performance starting to plateau, HW architects have turned to chip level multiprocessing (CMP) to increase …
Ali-Reza Adl-Tabatabai, Christos Kozyrakis, Bratin Saha
Cite DOI