ProcessorDesign5Z032.pptVIP

TU/e Processor Design 5Z032 Processor Design5Z032 Topics Objectives Layered view of a computer system OS overview Process management Time sharing and scheduling Process synchronization Example: dining philosophers Threads Simple thread package Example: sieve of Erastoshenes Objectives After this lecture,you should be able to tell what an operating system is and what it does name and describe the most important OS components write small C-programs that invoke Linux system calls sketch how time sharing is implemented recognize the synchronization problem associated with shared data and solve