Subj : Re: an interesting threading-question
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Oliver S.
Date : Fri Sep 16 2005 12:46 am

> Certainly you could create such a chip, but it would be horribly 
> complicated to program as you would have to use the "self" barriers
> all over the place. Current chips optimize as much as possible, but
> they preserve self-coherency so that the "self" barriers are not
> necessary.

No, this barriers are even necessary to become self-consistent.

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