An approximate analytic tool called equilibrium point analysis is applied to the problem of
memory interference in multiprocessor systems. It is a simple and powerful analytic tool
based on the fluid approximation and has been widely used for packet broadcast systems. It
is shown that quite general multiprocessor systems can be studied quite simply with this
technique, these systems include those made up of many classes of processors and
memory modules with arbitrary static memory reference patterns, and systems with bus …

An approximate analytic tool called equilibrium point analysis is applied to the problem of
memory interference in multiprocessor systems. This is a simple and powerful analytic tool
based on the fluid approximation. It has been used widely in packet broadcast systems. It is
shown that quite general multiprocessor systems can be studied by this technique with
amazing simplicity. For example, systems made up of many classes of processors and
memory modules with arbitrary static memory reference patterns and systems with dynamic …