Treffer: Transactional Memory.
Title:
Transactional Memory.
Authors:
LARUS, JAMES1 larus@microsoft.com, KOZYRAKIS, CHRISTOS2
Source:
Communications of the ACM. Jul2008, Vol. 51 Issue 7, p80-88. 9p. 5 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram.
Subject Terms:
*COMPUTER programming, *ELECTRONIC data processing, *COMPUTER operating systems, *COMPUTER multitasking, *COMPUTER software development, *LAPTOP computers, *PERSONAL computers, PARALLEL programs (Computer programs), HISTORY, SEMICONDUCTORS, INTEGRATED circuit design, CLIENT/SERVER computing equipment, THREADS (Computer programs)
Database:
Business Source Premier
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The article discusses transactional memory (TM), examining its use in parallel programing. The challenge of parallel programing are the same as sequential programming, but also includes the difficulty of interaction coordination among tasks that are executing concurrently, the article indicates. Topics include the historic transition from sequential to parallel computation, and finding abstractions for expressing parallel computation. Also discussed is the use of TM as a programming construct which offers high-level abstraction for writing parallel programs.