As I understand it: If memory is coherent then all cores see the same values when they read the same location at the same time. Stated another way, the result o

As I understand it: If memory is coherent then all cores see the same values when they read the same location at the same time. Stated another way, the result of a write to a location by one core is available in the next instant to all other cores, or they block waiting for the new value.