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Cache coherence literature for big (>=16CPU) systems [closed]

Cache coherence literature for big (>=16CPU) systems [closed]

What books and articles can you recommend to learn basis of cache coherence problems in big SMP systems (which are NUMA and ccNUMA really) with >=16 cpu sockets?

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"I would have a look through docs.sun.com for documentation for the UltraSPARC CPU as well as some of their bigger systems. They've been dealing with issues like this for a long, long time, and their documentation is usually excellent.

Here's a good place to start:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache+coherence+site:docs.sun.com

Full disclosure: I used to hold a Sun badge."