COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

MEMORY SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The problem of ____ may occur when data items in the same data block are being updated by multiple nodes at the same time.
A
thrashing
B
granularity
C
consistency
D
None of the mentioned
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The issue with shared memory systems is that many CPUs need fast access to memory and will likely cache memory, which has two complications: access time degradation: when several processors try to access the same memory location it causes contention. Trying to access nearby memory locations may cause false sharing.

Detailed explanation-2: -Power failureA common problem in distributed systems is the problem of deadlock due to number ofconcurrent users.

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