DocumentCode
2274485
Title
Symmetric multiprocessing for the AIX operating system
Author
Clark, R. ; O´Quin, J. ; Weaver, T.
Author_Institution
Int. Bus. Machines Corp., Austin, TX, USA
fYear
1995
fDate
5-9 March 1995
Firstpage
110
Lastpage
115
Abstract
Support for the operation of PowerPC symmetric multiprocessing systems was introduced with Version 4 of the AIX operating system. This paper describes its evolution from the uniprocessor Version 3 implementation. It also discusses the kernel changes to support threads which allow applications to exploit the inherent parallelism of SMP.
Keywords
data structures; multiprocessing systems; operating systems (computers); AIX operating system; PowerPC; SMP; inherent parallelism; kernel changes; symmetric multiprocessing; uniprocessor Version 3 implementation; Data structures; Dispatching; Kernel; Lifting equipment; Memory architecture; Operating systems; Protection; Signal processing; Switches; Yarn;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Compcon '95.'Technologies for the Information Superhighway', Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
ISSN
1063-6390
Print_ISBN
0-8186-7029-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CMPCON.1995.512372
Filename
512372
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