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Article #12070Re: UMA NUMA
From: Bret Indrelee
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 00:58
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 00:58
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In article <5799@uniol.UUCP> Uwe.Baumgarten@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Uwe Baumgarten) writes: >Hi, >where can I find the definition of the terms > -- UMA > -- NUMA > -- NORMA >? >Where are they cited first ? > >Thanks, Uwe Can't give citations, sorry. The first two are: UMA Uniform Memory Architechure. NUMA Non-Uniform Memory Architechure. Both terms are from parallel (sp?) processing, and refer to whether all processors can access any memory location with the same delay (UMA) or a system where the access time depends on the memory location (NUMA). -Bret -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bret Indrelee | Our mail is still somewhat unreliable. Sorry. uunet.uu.net!cs.umn.edu!kksys!edgar!orac!bret -And still trying
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!sequent!talon.UCS.ORST.EDU!cs.umn.edu!kksys!edgar!orac!bret From: bret@orac.UUCP (Bret Indrelee) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: UMA NUMA Summary: (Non-) Uniform Memory Arch Message-ID: <374@orac.UUCP> Date: 13 Jun 91 00:58:24 GMT References: <5799@uniol.UUCP> Distribution: comp.arch Organization: Technix Inc., Saint Paul MN, USA Lines: 26