Non-Uniform Memory Access

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Non-Uniform_Memory_Access
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:architecture
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:NUMA
gptkbp:challenge complex memory management
non-uniform latency
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Uniform_Memory_Access
gptkbp:enables resource sharing
parallel processing
scalability in large systems
gptkbp:feature memory access time depends on memory location relative to processor
gptkbp:hasComponent local memory
remote memory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Non-Uniform Memory Access
gptkbp:improves memory bandwidth
gptkbp:introducedIn 1980s
gptkbp:reduces memory contention
gptkbp:relatedTo distributed shared memory
memory hierarchy
cache coherence
gptkbp:requires NUMA-aware operating system
NUMA-aware applications
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Windows
gptkb:FreeBSD
gptkb:Linux
gptkb:Solaris
gptkbp:usedBy high-performance computing
servers
workstations
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:IBM_POWER_architecture
gptkb:AMD_Opteron_architecture
gptkb:Intel_Xeon_architecture
multiprocessor systems
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NUMA
gptkb:NUMA_(Non-Uniform_Memory_Access)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7