Computer Architectures - MIMD - Virtual Shared Memory
Computer Architectures - MIMD - Virtual Shared Memory
- Important class of these hybrids is the so called virtual shared memory architecture.
- Each processor has its own local memory (like a distributed machine), however, direct remote memory access (like a shared memory machine) is possible via a global address space.
- Relies on special hardware or software to deal with the communication, while the processors continue computing.
- Such a systems benefits from fast communications with a scalable architecture.