Practice Memory Management in Multicore Systems - 8.5 | 8. Multicore | Computer Architecture
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Memory Management in Multicore Systems

8.5 - Memory Management in Multicore Systems

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is shared memory?

💡 Hint: Think about how cores can access data.

Question 2 Easy

What does the MESI protocol stand for?

💡 Hint: Recall the states used in cache coherence.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is the main function of cache coherence protocols?

To speed up memory access
To maintain data consistency across caches
To reduce memory capacity

💡 Hint: Think about why we need consistent views of data.

Question 2

True or False: In a private memory system, all cores share the same memory space.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider how data is accessed by different cores.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a scenario that illustrates failure in cache coherence when working with private memory and explain the implications.

💡 Hint: Think about race conditions in real-time systems.

Challenge 2 Hard

Critically analyze how a lack of a robust memory consistency model can impact the execution of a multithreaded application.

💡 Hint: Focus on interactions between threads and shared data.

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