n outstanding loads (stores): ability to track n loads (stores) at the same time, but it doesn't mean it happens in 1 cycle
Bye
How does outstanding loads/stores calculated?
kayvonf
@Bye, it is not calculated, it is a property of the processor's design. It is designed so that it can track that many outstanding loads, much like how in a later lecture we designed a split transaction buss to track up to eight outstanding requests.
amg
How does NUMA complicate things? I'd assume it would just add another layer of communication between L3 caches like what already happens at the L2 level.
n outstanding loads (stores): ability to track n loads (stores) at the same time, but it doesn't mean it happens in 1 cycle
How does outstanding loads/stores calculated?
@Bye, it is not calculated, it is a property of the processor's design. It is designed so that it can track that many outstanding loads, much like how in a later lecture we designed a split transaction buss to track up to eight outstanding requests.
How does NUMA complicate things? I'd assume it would just add another layer of communication between L3 caches like what already happens at the L2 level.