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Nested
Concurrent Transactions (NCT):
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Allow the
inner transaction to run and complete independently
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from the outer
transaction.
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Questions:
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When is NCT
actually useful?
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How much
overhead is incurred by NCT?
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How much do we
gain from using NCT?
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The tool
needed to get the answers:
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Transactional
memory hardware simulator – UVSIM
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UVSIM
currently supports merging nested transactions.
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How to get the
answers:
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Identify
applications where NCT is useful. Look at malloc?
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Implement
necessary infrastructure to run NCTs in UVSIM.
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Evaluate
performance of NCT vs. merging transactions.
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