I presented this to the team a long time ago when we switched from PlayStation 3 to PlayStation 4 development at Naughty Dog. Even though it is a couple of years old, the contents is still very relevant. It is an introduction into memory barriers and?CPU cache architectures. It talks about?how CPUs deal with sharing memory between multiple cores. It should be noted that there are other more sophisticated cache protocols than the MESI one (like MOESI) but the concepts are the same.

Here is the presentation as Power Point?and PDF. Enjoy!

Cheers,

Christian

Hello all,

First off. A big ‘Thank You’ to all of you that came to my talk at GDC this year.

Now, here is my GDC 2015 presentation as Power Point – 4.08 MiB?and PDF – 9.30 MiB. Enjoy!

Cheers,

Christian

I have spent quite a bit of time understanding how Perforce works under the hood and experimented with various configurations in an attempt to tame this wild beast. Here is a collection of things that I have learned throughout the years which might or might not be known to the average person configuring a Perforce server. All of this information have been gathered on a Windows setup of the Perforce server with clients on Windows and Linux(Mac). Most of this information is also applicable to Linux installations of Perforce.

Background

Most operations involving the Perforce Server involves memory, CPU, network bandwidth/throughput and foremost disc I/O. Very few operations are bound by CPU in my experience. Instead it is the disc I/O and network I/O that have been the bottlenecks. Figuring out what data to send to the client and then the actual retrieval and sending of the data is the main areas of concern.

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