Client-Server Architecture for Multicore Computer System to Realize Single-Core-Equivalent View

A method for forming a multicore computer system having a single-core-equivalent (SCE) view, the method comprising:

• obtaining a plurality of stacks, wherein each stack comprises a processing core and a local cache subsystem coupled thereto, the local cache subsystem being configured to provide one or more levels of cache memory for caching data and, or programs, or both, exclusively for the said processing core;
• dividing the plurality of stacks into a client stack and one or more server stacks, wherein the client stack is used for running one or more client threads, and an individual server stack is used for running one or more server threads;
• obtaining a shared cache comprising one or more shared cache blocks, each coupled to the client stack and to one or more server stacks;
• configuring an individual shared cache block to provide a next level of cache memory to both the client stack and a respective server stack so as to facilitate communication between the one or more client threads and the one or more server threads;
• integrating at least the plurality of stacks and the shared cache to form the multicore computer system;
• and
• configuring the processing core of the individual server stack to confine computing resources utilizable in executing the one or more server threads to the individual server stack and the shared cache block coupled thereto, whereby an inter-core interference caused by the one or more server threads to the one or more client threads is isolated to within the individual server stack, the shared cache block coupled thereto, any server stack coupled to this shared cache block, and the client stack to thereby realize the SCE view.