Pete Keleher

TreadMarks: distributed shared memory on standard workstations and operating systems

http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1267084

TreadMarks is a DSM system that exploits Lazy Release Consistency Model and Lazy Diff Creation. Lazy Release Consistency postpone the propgation of modifications in distributed system until the time of the acquire (later synchronization point) to reduce communication overhead. Lazy Diff Creation is a technique for false sharing, and postpone making diff to decrease the number of diffs.