PP Presentation
Definitions
Component - logical or physical element of a system
cache, bus, scheduler, linear solver
Component Model - representation of a component. A component may
be representedby many models.
cache component - probabilistic model of hits,
deterministic model of hits
Transaction - a unit of work which flows through a system
An instruction, an operation on a matrix, etc.
Interaction - a flow of information across component interfaces
A cache sends a reference to memory, etc.
Interface - an interface specifies the set of interactions, “accepts” and
“requests” in which a component participates.
A cache accepts references, requests and accepts values from
memory.