Real-time synchronization on multiprocessors: To block or not to block, to suspend or spin?

Proceedings of the IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, RTAS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 342-353

  Brandenburg, Björn B ^a   Calandrino, John M ^a   Block, Aaron ^a   Leontyev, Hennadiy ^a   Anderson, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED TECHNOLOGY; TEST BEDS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 51249084216     PISSN: 15453421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RTAS.2008.27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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