Hello Paul,
I have been reading the book, until I stumbled on Quick Quiz 3.7,
Table E.1: Performance of Synchronization Mechanisms
on 16-CPU 2.8 GHz Intel X5550 (Nehalem) System
<Copying from source, since the PDF is a little tricky>
The first part looks like:
Clock period & 0.4 & 1.0 \\
Same-CPU CAS & 12.2 & 33.8 \\
Same-CPU lock & 25.6 & 71.2 \\
Blind CAS & 12.9 & 35.8 \\
CAS & 7.0 & 19.4 \\
In this case, what would be the last lines "Blind CAS" and "CAS" referring to ?
(For a second I thought it could be "In-Core Blind CAS" and "In-Core CAS" like
in Table 3.1, but that would not make sense: This "CAS" is faster than the
previous "Same-CPU CAS". )
Thanks for reading,
Leo
