Factored operating systems (fos): The case for a scalable operating system for multicores

Operating Systems Review (ACM)

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 76-85

  Wentzlaff, David ^a   Agarwal, Anant ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Factored operating system; Multicore operating systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CHIPS; DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; END-USER APPLICATIONS; EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH; FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN; INTERNET SERVICES; MANY-CORE; MULTI CORE; OPERATING SYSTEMS; PRIMARY DESIGN; PROCESSING CORE; SCALABILITY PROBLEMS; SPACE-SHARING; SYSTEM SERVICES; TIME-SHARING;

DATA STRUCTURES; DESIGN; FOOD ADDITIVES; INTERNET; MESSAGE PASSING; SCALABILITY; TIME SHARING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

EID: 70749153686     PISSN: 01635980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1531793.1531805     Document Type: Conference Paper

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