The processors #0 to #3 execute a plurality of threads whose execution sequence is defined, in parallel. When the processor #1 that executes a thread updates the self-cache memory #1, if the data of the same address exists in the cache memory #2 of the processor #2 that executes a child thread, it updates the cache memory #2 simultaneously, but even if it exists in the cache memory #0 of the processor #0 that executes a parent thread, it doesn't rewrite the cache memory #0 but only records that rewriting has been performed in the cache memory #1. When the processor #0 completes a thread, a cache line with the effect that the data has been rewritten recorded from a child thread may be invalid and a cache line without such record is judged to be effective. Whether a cache line which may be invalid is really invalid or effective is examined during execution of the next thread.

 
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