Chapter 7 --- 7.1-7.6

1. Scalability

how to scale to thousands processors and why bus-based snooping doesn't scale.

2. Programming models

SAS, message passing.

3. Scalable architectures

physical DMA, message passing, distributed shared memory.


Chapter 8 --- 8.1-8.5

1. Directory-based architectures

flat memory-based and flat cache-based

2. Two-level cache-coherent systems

different combinations

3. Performance optimization

latency and traffic reduction

4. SGI Origin 2000