ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review

Needham, R M; Schroeder, M D

doi: 10.1145/24592.24593pmid: N/A

Otway, Dave; Rees, Owen

doi: 10.1145/24592.24594pmid: N/A

Nicol, John R; Blair, Gordon S; Walpole, Jonathan

doi: 10.1145/24592.24595pmid: N/A

Recent years have marked the beginning of a new era for operating systems. Distributed computing is clearly one dimension of this. We argue that qualitative issues add a second major dimension. These changes will have a profound effect on operating system design. In this short paper, we present a personal view of what the response to these changes should be. The argument is supported by our experiences in the design of the Cosmos distributed operating system.

Tanenbaum, Andrew S

doi: 10.1145/24592.24596pmid: N/A

Guenther, G R

doi: 10.1145/24592.24597pmid: N/A

Rattan, I

doi: 10.1145/24592.24598pmid: N/A

Recently, independent memory management units for microprocessor based systems have become available. This note summarizes the features of register and tree memory management units (using MC68451 & MC68851 as examples) from a viewpoint of microcomputer operating systems design.

Ruckert, Rogert G; Dean, John D

doi: 10.1145/24592.24599pmid: N/A

Establishing a modest CPME (Computer Performance, Management, and Evaluation) program is often regarded as being a difficult and expensive project. This image is compounded when a multi-vendor environment exists. This article describes how to establish a CPME program in such an environment without committing substantial resources to it. It details how such a program was constructed and implemented at Medtronic, Inc.

Mullender, Sape

doi: 10.1145/24592.24600pmid: N/A