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Excerpt from Synchronization Costs on Multiprocessors, Vol. 98 <p>Various types of processor synchronization are introduced and analyzed with regard to execution time and waiting time. It is shown that while barrier synchronization requires a large execution time on systems with many processors, other less restrictive forms of synchronization do not have this drawback. It is also shown that for most reasonable distributions of processor times, a relatively small amount of time is Spent waiting at synchronization points. The conclusion is that if barriers can be replaced by the less restrictive synchronization forms, then, for problems with appropriate size granularity, the synchronization costs on most multiprocessors will be small. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.