NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access)

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:architecture
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:Non-Uniform_Memory_Access
gptkbp:challenge complex memory management
non-uniform memory latency
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Uniform_Memory_Access_(UMA)
gptkb:Symmetric_Multiprocessing_(SMP)
gptkbp:enables scalable multiprocessing
local and remote memory access
large memory systems
memory locality optimization
gptkbp:feature memory access time depends on memory location relative to processor
gptkbp:firstImplementedBy gptkb:Sequent_Computer_Systems
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access)
gptkbp:improves scalability of memory access
gptkbp:introducedIn 1980s
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:cache-coherent_NUMA_(ccNUMA)
distributed shared memory
gptkbp:requires NUMA-aware operating system
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Windows
gptkb:FreeBSD
gptkb:Linux
gptkbp:usedBy high-performance computing
servers
workstations
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:AMD_Opteron_architecture
gptkb:Intel_Xeon_architecture
multiprocessor systems
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SMP_(Symmetric_Multiprocessing)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6