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Discussion questions

  • What is the basic idea of distributed shared memory?
  • How does distributed shared memory compare to virtual memory on a single CPU system? How about a system with many cores?
  • How aware does a programmer need to be of DSM to use it? How aware to use it efficiently?
  • What are the key mechanisms supporting DSM?
  • How common do you think is DSM today in the cloud today? Why?

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