Hardware Enhancement of Operating Systems.

Abstract

This study investigated what hardware could be added to a conventional computer in order to speed up the execution, decrease the complexity and improve the reliability of an operating system. It was found that content addressable memories would be useful for four aspects of a system: ready queue, clock wake up queue, I/O device control and resource access control. A preliminary design for CAM hardware is included. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 23, 1978
Accession Number
ADA062462

Entities

People

  • Caxton C. Foster

Organizations

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Access Time
  • Algorithms
  • Application Software
  • Clocks
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Consumers
  • Content Addressable Memory
  • Counters
  • Data Transmission
  • Executives
  • Instructions
  • Mass Storage
  • Operating Systems
  • Reliability
  • Scheduling (Production)

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.