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A new formalism is given for read-modify-write (rmw) synchronization opera tions. This formalism is used to extend the memory reference combining mechan ism, introduced in the nyu Ultracomputer, to arbitrary rmw operations. A for mal correctness proof of this combining mechanism is given. General requirements for the practicality of combining are discussed. Combining is shown to be practical for many useful memory access Operations. This includes memory updates of the form mem_val mem_val op val, where op need not be associative, and a variety of synchronization primitives. The computation involved is shown to be closely re lated to parallel prefix evaluation.
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Larry Rudolph, Ph.D., received his doctorate from NYU's Courant Institute. He is currently a Principal Research Scientist at MIT and a co-faculty member at the New England Complex Science Institute. His most recent research has been in the field of mobile computing.
Snir is Senior Manager, Scalable Parallel Systems, IBM Research Division.
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