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3. Bus bandwidth limitations. Snooping coherence protocols depend on a bus to broadcast to other caches to ensure cohere
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3. Bus bandwidth limitations. Snooping coherence protocols depend on a bus to broadcast to other caches to ensure coherency. While there can be improved protocols to limit the overhead on the bus, the bandwidth of the bus is always a limiting factor. Think of an alternative to using a bus and what would be the benefits? What would be the drawbacks to your proposed alternative solution?