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Foil 32 Distributed Shared Memory (DSM)

From CPS615-Introduction-Course,Driving Technology and HPCC Current Status and Futures CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- Fall Semester 98. by Geoffrey C. Fox, (Some Culler, Koelbel material)
A hybrid of distributed and shared memory
Small groups of processors share memory; others access across a scalable network
Low to moderate latency, high bandwidth
Model simplifies the multilevel hierarchy
Examples: SGI Origin, HP Exemplar

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