SXM (transactional memory)

SXM is a software transactional memory system under development at Microsoft Research. The SXM API is exposed via managed code and is used to synchronize access to shared memory without using locks. It achieves mutual exclusion using database-like atomicity transactions. SXM uses the Reflection and dynamic code generation capabilities of .NET Framework to emit CIL code to enable atomic transactions on shared data structures directly at runtime. SXM has been written in C#.

External links

C# Software Transactional Memory

Microsoft Research (MSR)

Main projects

Languages and compilers	Polyphonic C# Cω Spec# Sing# Bartok Phoenix TouchDevelop

Distributed/ grid computing	Bigtop Gridline BitVault

Internet and networking	Avalanche Wallop Conference XP HoneyMonkey AjaxView Gazelle

Other projects	IllumiRoom MyLifeBits LiveStation Terminator WorldWide Telescope PhotoDNA

Operating systems	Singularity Barrelfish Midori Verve

APIs	Joins Accelerator Dryad SXM

Xbox and Related	Xbox Kinect

Launched as products	C# Comic Chat F# Sideshow PixelSense (TouchLight) SenseCam ClearType Group Shot Allegiance Songsmith

Applied research
from MSR Labs

Live Labs

Current	Photosynth Pivot Seadragon Deep Zoom DeepZoomPix

Discontinued	Deepfish Listas Volta Live Clipboard

FUSE Labs

Other Microsoft Research Labs

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