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@Article{Denham:1994:DOV,
  author =       "Jeffrey M. Denham and Paula Long and James A.
                 Woodward",
  title =        "{DEC OSF/1} Version 3.0 Symmetric Multiprocessing
                 Implementation",
  journal =      j-DEC-TECH-J,
  volume =       "6",
  number =       "3",
  pages =        "29--43",
  month =        "Summer",
  year =         "1994",
  CODEN =        "DTJOEL",
  ISSN =         "0898-901X",
  bibdate =      "Thu Mar 20 18:15:43 MST 1997",
  bibsource =    "http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/dectechj.bib",
  URL =          "ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/info/DTJ/v6n3/DEC_OSF1_Symmetric_Multiproce_01jan1995DTJF03P8.ps;
                 http://www.digital.com:80/info/DTJF03/DTJF03SC.TXT",
  abstract =     "The primary goal for an operating system in a
                 symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) implementation is to
                 convert the additional computing power provided to the
                 system, as processors are added, into improved system
                 performance without compromising system quality. The
                 DEC OSF/1 version 3.0 operating system uses a number of
                 techniques to achieve this goal. The techniques include
                 algorithmic enhancements to improve parallelism within
                 the kernel and additional lock-based synchronization to
                 protect global system state. Synchronization primitives
                 include spin locks and blocking locks. An optional
                 locking hierarchy was imposed to detect latent
                 symmetric multiprocessor synchronization issues.
                 Enhancements to the kernel scheduler improve cache
                 usage by enabling soft affinity of threads to the
                 processor on which the thread last ran; a
                 load-balancing algorithm keeps the number of runnable
                 threads spread evenly across the available processors.
                 A highly scalable and stable SMP implementation
                 resulted from the project.",
  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
  classcodes =   "C6150J (Operating systems); C5440 (Multiprocessing
                 systems); C6150N (Distributed systems software)",
  classification = "C5440 (Multiprocessing systems); C6150J (Operating
                 systems); C6150N (Distributed systems software)",
  keywords =     "blocking; Blocking locks; DEC OSF/1 version 3.0
                 symmetric multiprocessing; DEC OSF/1 version 3.0
                 symmetric multiprocessing implementation;
                 implementation; Kernel scheduler; kernel scheduler;
                 Load-balancing algorithm; load-balancing algorithm;
                 lock-based synchronization; Lock-based synchronization;
                 locks; multiprocessing programs; multiprocessing
                 systems; operating; operating system; Operating system;
                 quality; Spin locks; spin locks; synchronisation;
                 system; System performance; system performance; System
                 quality; systems (computers)",
  thesaurus =    "Multiprocessing programs; Multiprocessing systems;
                 Operating systems [computers]; Synchronisation",
  treatment =    "P Practical",
}

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