CSC/ECE 506 Fall 2007/wiki3 8 a1
Background
The protocols discussed here were created to allow coherence to be maintained on a system that has no global bus system that allows snooping to take place and has distributed memory that is physically separated.
SSCI (Simple Scalable Coherence Interface) protocol
IEEE SCI (Scalable Coherence Interface) protocol
SSCI and IEE SCI Protocol Similarities
IEE SCI Protocol Additional States
Links
IEEE SCI Standard Abstract and Content Summary -
http://standards.ieee.org/reading/ieee/std_public/description/busarch/1596-1992_desc.html
IEEE SCI on ieexplore -
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/285/3365/00113656.pdf?tp=&arnumber=113656&isnumber=3365