A performance study of memory consistency models
Richard N. Zucker, Jean-Loup Baer · 1992
Recent advances in technology are such that the speed of processors is increasing faster than memory latency is decreasing. Therefore the relative cost of a cache miss is becoming more important. However, the full cost of a cache miss need not be paid every time in a multiprocessor. The frequency with which the processor must stall on a cache miss can be reduced by using a relaxed model of memory consistency.