MIMD(Multiple Instruction streams, Multiple Data streams) multiprocessors fall into two classes Centralized Shared memory and distributed shared memory Centralized Shared Memory Architecture has at most a few dozen microprocessors chips, that shares a single centralized memory. They have large caches, single memory, with multiple banks. The single memory has a symmetric relation to all the processors and uniform access time from any processor.
DSM stands for "distributed shared memory". Distributed shared memory is a computer architecture where the memories can be addressed as one address.
Gheith A. Abandah has written: 'Tools for characterizing distributed shared memory applications' -- subject(s): Distributed shared memory, Evaluation, Design, Computer programs
In centralised tasks are done by one system and in distributed tasks are shared by the many computers
Hi all, The ASURA software is a Distributed shared memory multiprocessor. It is a large scale, cluster-based, distributed, shared memory, multiprocesor being developed at Kyoto university and Kuboto corporation. Up to 128 clusters are interconnected to form an ASURA system of up to 1024 processors. The basic concept of the ASURA design is to take advantage of the hierarchical structure of the system. Implementing this concept, a large shared cache is placed between each cluster and the inter-cluster network. The shared cache and the shared memories distributed among the clusters form part of ASURA's hierarchical memory architecture, providing various unique features to ASURA
In centralised arbitration, a single device decides which of the requesting devices gets access to a shared resource at a particular point in time. In distributed, or decentralised arbitration, the devices themselves decide.
In computer hardware, shared memory refers to a (typically) large block of random access memory that can be accessed by several different central processing units (CPUs) in a multiple-processor computer system. The issue with shared memory systems is that the many CPUs need fast access to memory and will likely cache memory. Whenever one cache is updated with information that may be used by other processors, the change needs to be reflected to the other processors, otherwise the different processors will be working with incoherent data (see cache coherence and memory coherence). Such coherence protocols can when they work well provide extremely high performance access to shared information between multiple processors. On the other hand they can sometimes become overloaded and become a bottleneck to performance. The alternatives to shared memory are distributed memory and distributed shared memory, with another, similar set of issues. See also Non-Uniform Memory Access. In software the term shared memory refers to memory that is accessible by more than one process, where a process is a running instance of a program. In this context, shared memory is used to facilitate inter-process communication.
eliminates the costs of middleware by allowing individual systems to participate in shared processes without needing to host matching middleware and without having to go through a centralized server. thanks by.wrecklez
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Adley Kam Wing Lo has written: 'Tolerating latency in software distributed shared memory systems through multithreading'
Centralized Systems: A modern, general-purpose computer system consists of one to a few CPUs & a number of device controllers that are connected through a common bus that provides access to shared memory. The CPUs have local cache memories that store local copies of parts of the memory, to speed up access to data. Each device controller is in charge of a specific type of device (for example, a disk drive, an audio device, or a video display). The CPUs & the device controllers can execute concurrently, competing for memory access. Cache memory reduces the contention for memory access, since it reduces the number of times that the CPU needs to access shared memory.In a distributed database system, the database is stored on several computers. The computers in a distributed system communicate with one another through various communication media, such as high-speed networks or telephone lines. They do not share main memory or disks. The computers in a distributed system may vary in size & function, ranging from workstations up to mainframe systems.The main difference between centralized & distributed databases is that the distributed databases are typically geographically separated, are separately administered, & have slower interconnection. Also in distributed databases we differentiate between local & global transactions. A local transaction is one that accesses data only from sites where the transaction originated. A global transaction, on the other hand, is one that either accesses data in a site different from the one at which the transaction was initiated, or accessed data in several different sites.
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