Question assignment 4, ex. 1b

Re: Question assignment 4, ex. 1b

by Georg Hager -
Number of replies: 0

Dear Maximilian,

"half-duplex" means that the memory bus can either be used to read or to write a cache line, but not both at the same time. However, it can alternate as required between the directions. Hence, the overall memory bandwidth is 110 GB/s, independent of the RD/WR ratio. You can use the 110 GB/s for read-only, for write-only, for copy (where 2/3 will be RD and 1/3 will be WR if write-allocate applies), etc.

Hope that helps,

Georg.