Memory Consistency I

This lecture covers memory ordering in multiprocessor systems, discussing concepts such as uniprocessor load and store semantics, total ordering of loads and stores, dynamic reordering of memory operations, and different memory consistency models like Sequential Consistency and Processor Consistency. The instructor explains the challenges of managing memory dependencies, the importance of load forwarding, and the impact of weak ordering or weak consistency on program execution. Various examples and performance comparisons are provided to illustrate the differences between memory consistency models.