Shared Memory Multiprocessors

Abstract

Shared memory multiprocessors are multiprocessor systems that logically implement a single global address space. The model for parallel programming based on such systems, the shared address space model, is straightforward and frees programmers from the tedious and sometimes complicated task of orchestrating all communication and snychronization through explicit message passing to access remote data. As a result, this class of multiprocessor systems has received much commercial as well as research interest.