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D-Index
31
Citations
3637
World Ranking
13728
National Ranking
5457

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Operating system
  • Computer network
  • Central processing unit

Jerry Don Lewis mostly deals with Cache, Cache algorithms, Computer network, Cache coloring and Cache pollution. His Cache study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Channel I/O, Memory address and Computer hardware. His Cache algorithms study introduces a deeper knowledge of Parallel computing.

As a member of one scientific family, Jerry Don Lewis mostly works in the field of Computer network, focusing on System bus and, on occasion, Data access, Latency, Multiprocessing and Embedded system. His Cache coloring research includes elements of Page cache and Cache invalidation. As a part of the same scientific family, Jerry Don Lewis mostly works in the field of Page cache, focusing on Cache-oblivious algorithm and, on occasion, Algorithm.

His most cited work include:

  • The PERCS High-Performance Interconnect (173 citations)
  • Demand-based larx-reserve protocol for SMP system buses (81 citations)
  • Coherency and synchronization mechanism for i/o channel controllers in a data processing system (75 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Cache, Cache algorithms, Computer hardware, Cache coloring and Parallel computing. His Cache research is within the category of Computer network. His Computer network research incorporates themes from State and Directory.

In his research, System bus, Data processing, Latency, Token passing and Security token is intimately related to Multiprocessing, which falls under the overarching field of Computer hardware. His Cache coloring study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Page cache and Cache pollution. His study explores the link between Cache invalidation and topics such as MESIF protocol that cross with problems in MOESI protocol.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Cache (62.50%)
  • Cache algorithms (31.25%)
  • Computer hardware (29.46%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2001-2010)?

  • Data processing system (27.23%)
  • Computer hardware (29.46%)
  • Multiprocessing (15.18%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Jerry Don Lewis mainly investigates Data processing system, Computer hardware, Multiprocessing, Cache and Embedded system. His Data processing system study incorporates themes from Block, Distributed memory and Interconnection. His Cache study results in a more complete grasp of Parallel computing.

His study in the field of Cache invalidation and Cache coloring is also linked to topics like Layering. Jerry Don Lewis focuses mostly in the field of Cache invalidation, narrowing it down to topics relating to Page cache and, in certain cases, Cache pollution and Line. The Embedded system study combines topics in areas such as Supercomputer and Chip.

Between 2001 and 2010, his most popular works were:

  • The PERCS High-Performance Interconnect (173 citations)
  • System for Providing a Cluster-Wide System Clock in a Multi-Tiered Full-Graph Interconnect Architecture (72 citations)
  • System and Method for Performing Dynamic Request Routing Based on Broadcast Source Request Information (46 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Operating system
  • Central processing unit
  • Computer network

Jerry Don Lewis mainly focuses on Chip, Computer hardware, Heartbeat, Computer network and Routing. His research in Chip tackles topics such as Embedded system which are related to areas like Digital clock manager, Synchronization, Bisection bandwidth and Supercomputer. His Computer hardware research integrates issues from Multiprocessing, Block and Scalability.

His study looks at the relationship between Heartbeat and fields such as Path, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems. His Computer network research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Data access, Database transaction, Directory and Address bus. His work carried out in the field of Routing brings together such families of science as Remote direct memory access, Queue management system, Bandwidth and Crossbar switch.

Best Publications

  • The PERCS High-Performance Interconnect

    Baba Arimilli;Ravi Arimilli;Vicente Chung;Scott Clark

  • Demand-based larx-reserve protocol for SMP system buses

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;John Steven Dodson;Jerry Don Lewis;Derek Edward Williams

  • Coherency and synchronization mechanism for i/o channel controllers in a data processing system

    Ravi K. Arimilli;John S. Dodson;Guy L. Guthrie;Jerry D. Lewis

  • System for Providing a Cluster-Wide System Clock in a Multi-Tiered Full-Graph Interconnect Architecture

    Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli;Ravi K. Arimilli;Bernard C. Drerup;Jody B. Joyner

  • Multiprocessor system bus protocol with group addresses, responses, and priorities

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;James Stephen Fields;Guy Lynn Guthrie;Jody Bern Joyner

  • Apparatus and method of maintaining cache coherency in a multi-processor computer system with global and local recently read states

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;John Steven Dodson;Jerry Don Lewis

  • Dynamic routing based on information of not responded active source requests quantity received in broadcast heartbeat signal and stored in local data structure for other processor chips

    Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli;Ravi K. Arimilli;Bernard C. Drerup;Jody B. Joyner

  • Software-managed programmable unified/split caching mechanism for instructions and data

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;Leo James Clark;John Steven Dodson;Jerry Don Lewis

  • Multi-node data processing system and communication protocol that route write data utilizing a destination ID obtained from a combined response

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;James Stephen Fields;Guy Lynn Guthrie;Jody Bern Joyner

  • Imprecise snooping based invalidation mechanism

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;John Steven Dodson;Guy Lynn Guthrie;Jerry Don Lewis

  • Cache coherency protocol for data processing system containing multilevel memory hierarchy

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;John Steven Dodson;Jerry Don Lewis;ジェリー・ダン・ルイス

  • High performance cache directory addressing scheme for variable cache sizes utilizing associativity

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;John Steven Dodson;Jerry Don Lewis

  • Cache coherency protocol with efficient write-through aliasing

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;John Steven Dodson;Jerry Don Lewis

  • Performing dynamic request routing based on broadcast queue depths

    Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli;Ravi K. Arimilli;Bernard C. Drerup;Jody B. Joyner

  • Cache coherency protocol with independent implementation of optimised cache operations

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;John Steven Dodson;Jerry Don Lewis

  • Optimizing a cache eviction mechanism by selectively introducing different levels of randomness into a replacement algorithm

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;Leo James Clark;John Steven Dodson;Jerry Don Lewis

  • Software-managed programmable associativity caching mechanism monitoring cache misses to selectively implement multiple associativity levels

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;Leo James Clark;John Steven Dodson;Jerry Don Lewis

  • Cache coherency protocols with posted operations and tagged coherency states

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;John Steven Dodson;Jerry Don Lewis

  • Precise synchronization mechanism for SMP system buses using tagged snoop operations to avoid retries

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;John Steven Dodson;Jerry Don Lewis;Derek Edward Williams

  • Shared intervention protocol for SMP bus using caches, snooping, tags and prioritizing

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;John Steven Dodson;John Michael Kaiser;Jerry Don Lewis

  • Upgrading of snooper cache state mechanism for system bus with read/castout (RCO) address transactions

    Ravi Kumar Arimilli;John Steven Dodson;Guy Lynn Guthrie;Jody B. Joyner

Frequent Co-Authors

John Steven Dodson
John Steven Dodson IBM (United States)
Ravi Kumar Arimilli
Ravi Kumar Arimilli IBM (United States)
Guy Lynn Guthrie
Guy Lynn Guthrie IBM (United States)
Derek Edward Williams
Derek Edward Williams IBM (United States)
Warren E. Maule
Warren E. Maule IBM (United States)
Ramakrishnan Rajamony
Ramakrishnan Rajamony Goldman Sachs (United States)

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