Intel® Moderncode for Parallel Architectures
Support for developing parallel programming applications on Intel® Architecture.

Processor Memory Access

postaquestion
Beginner
284 Views
Is there a mechanism to determine what processor is attempting memory access in a multicore design? I assume it would be a signal.
0 Kudos
2 Replies
ClayB
New Contributor I
284 Views

This sounds like something that an engineer from the processor design team would know about.

From what little I know (or claim to know), I would think that once a memory request hits the bus, you would need to be able to look into the request "ticket" in order to determine where the results need to be sent (and what core initiated the request). Getting this information seems to need something built into the architecture and I wouldn't think that the needed hardware is available to general users (if it even exists).

If you're using VTune Performance Analyzer, you can break things down by CPU (core). Even so, all of this is not going to be able to pick out individual memory accesses. It sounds like you're looking for something more real-time, too. To what purpose do you need such information? Maybe there is a way to get what you are looking for.

If anyone knows better than me (and I'm sure there are thousands out there), please feel to refute or correct me.

--clay

0 Kudos
tnolle
Beginner
284 Views
Thanks, Clay. I think you're right in that my issue is more one for processor design since it does require real-time operation. Tom
0 Kudos
Reply