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On an atomic Read-Modify-Write (RMW) object one can read the complete old contents s of the object and simultaneously update its contents as a function δ(s) of the old contents in a single, indivisible, atomic operation. It is known that these RMW objects do not have a wait-free implementation in the asynchronous PRAM model—in which processors can only communicate with each other through atomic...

Reading and writing of data is fundamental in computing, as is its control. However control of reading and writing has traditionally only been available at the level of le systems, and not programming language data structures. In this paper a simple imperative language is described which uses type modes to control reading and writing of data. A type may be labelled read-write or read-only; a re...

ÐWe observe that typical programs exhibit highly regular read-after-read (RAR) memory dependence streams. To exploit this regularity, we introduce read-after-read (RAR) memory dependence prediction. This technique predicts whether: 1) A load will access a memory location that a preceding load accesses and 2) exactly which this preceding load is. This prediction is done without actual knowledge ...

This paper proposes a new sub-threshold low power 9T static random-access memory (SRAM) cell compatible with bit interleaving structure in which the effective sizing adjustment of access transistors in write mode is provided  by isolating writing and reading paths. In the proposed cell, we consider a weak inverter to make better write mode operation. Moreover applying boosted word line feature ...