\newglossaryentry{iommu}{ short={IOMMU}, name={IOMMU}, long={Input/Output Memory Management Unit}, first={Input/Output Memory Management Unit (IOMMU)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{iommu}:} \todo{write iomu description}} } \newglossaryentry{atc}{ short={ATC}, name={ATC}, long={Address Translation Cache}, first={Address Translation Cache (ATC)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{atc}:} \todo{write arc description}} } \newglossaryentry{bar}{ short={BAR}, name={BAR}, long={Base Address Register}, first={Base Address Register (BAR)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{bar}:} \todo{write bar description}} } \newglossaryentry{dsa}{ short={DSA}, name={DSA}, long={Intel Data Streaming Accelerator}, first={Intel Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{dsa}:} A component of modern Intel server processors, capable of executing common data operations asynchronously and thereby offloading them from the CPU.} } \newglossaryentry{dsa:wq}{ short={WQ}, name={WQ}, long={Work Queue}, first={Work Queue (WQ)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{dsa:wq}:} Architectural component of the \gls{dsa} to which data is submitted by the user. See Section \ref{subsec:state:dsa-arch-comp} for more detail on its function.} } \newglossaryentry{dsa:swq}{ short={SWQ}, name={SWQ}, long={Shared Work Queue}, first={Shared Work Queue (SWQ)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{dsa:swq}:} A type of Work Queue to which submissions are implicitly synchronized, allowing safe usage from multiple processes. See Section \ref{subsec:state:dsa-arch-comp} for more detail.} } \newglossaryentry{dsa:dwq}{ short={DWQ}, name={DWQ}, long={Dedicated Work Queue}, first={Dedicated Work Queue (DWQ)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{dsa:dwq}:} A type of Work Queue only usable by one process, and therefore with potentially lower submission overhead. See Section \ref{subsec:state:dsa-arch-comp} for more detail.} } \newglossaryentry{x86:pasid}{ short={PASID}, name={PASID}, long={Process Address Space ID}, first={Process Address Space ID (PASID)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{x86:pasid}:} Identifier used by the \glsentryshort{dsa} in conjunction with the \glsentryshort{iommu} to resolve virtual addresses. See Section \ref{subsubsec:state:dsa-vaddr}.} } \newglossaryentry{intel:dml}{ short={Intel DML}, name={Intel DML}, long={Intel Data Mover Library}, first={Intel Data Mover Library (Intel DML)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{intel:dml}:} A library presenting a high-level interface with the \glsentryshort{dsa}. View the usage example in Section \ref{sec:state:dml} or the library documentation \cite{intel:dmldoc} for further information.} } \newglossaryentry{numa}{ short={NUMA}, name={NUMA}, long={Non-Uniform Memory Architecture}, first={Non-Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{numa}:} Describes a system architecture organized into different Nodes with each node observing different access patterns to memory for the available address range.} } \newglossaryentry{numa:node}{ short={Node}, name={Node}, long={NUMA-Node}, first={NUMA-Node (Node)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{numa:node}:} A Node in a NUMA-system. See the Entry for NUMA for an explanation of both.} } \newglossaryentry{hbm}{ short={HBM}, name={HBM}, long={High Bandwidth Memory}, first={High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{hbm}:} Main memory technology, consisting of stacked DRAM-dies. Section \ref{sec:state:hbm} offers more detail.} } \newglossaryentry{dram}{ short={DDR-SDRAM}, name={DDR-SDRAM}, long={Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory}, first={Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (DDR-SDRAM)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{dram}:} Main memory technology found in common computer systems.} } \newglossaryentry{qdp}{ short={QdP}, name={QdP}, long={Query-driven Prefetching}, first={Query-driven Prefetching (QdP)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{qdp}:} Methodology to determine database columns worth prefetching to cache in order to accelerate a queries. Described in Section \ref{sec:state:qdp}.} } \newglossaryentry{mempress}{ short={memory pressure}, name={Memory Pressure}, long={Memory Pressure}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{mempress}:} Situation where high memory utilization is encountered.} } \newglossaryentry{api}{ short={API}, name={API}, long={Application Programming Interface}, first={Application Programming Interface (API)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{api}:} Definition of the interface provided by an application, enabling interaction between software components or systems.} } \newglossaryentry{remotemem}{ short={Remote Memory}, name={Remote Memory}, long={Remote Memory}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{remotemem}:} ... desc ... \todo{write remotemem description}} } \newglossaryentry{nvram}{ short={NVRAM}, name={NVRAM}, long={Non-Volatile RAM}, first={Non-Volatile RAM (NVRAM)}, description={\textsc{\glsentrylong{nvram}:} Main memory technology which, unlike \glsentryshort{dram}, retains data when without power.} }