Atomic operations and containment in coherent caches

Published on March 3, 2026, Fabian Giesen’s article discusses primitives for building systems on coherent caches. It follows an earlier article by the author about how cache coherence works; the available material does not detail specific primitives or report test results.

The article offers a foundation for understanding how atomic operations interact with cache coherence. To verify its scope and any technical details, consult the article and the author’s earlier text. If you use an AI tool to study them, avoid entering confidential organizational data or follow your internal data-protection policy.