OS

Threads

• Context Switch: Act of stopping one thread and starting other thread called context switch.
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  • Process can't effectively share resources, while threads can.
  • Context switch is not cheap.
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• Latency: The time to completion of a task. Measured in time units.
• Throughput: The amount tasks completed in a given period. Measured in tasks/time unit.
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• Thread Pooling
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CPU

• CPU Summary - Computerphile

Memory

What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory

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  • FSB: Front Side Bus
  • Direct Memory Access (DMA): allows devices, with the help of the Northbridge, to store and receive data in RAM directly without the intervention of the CPU.
  • MC: Memory Controller
• Types of Ram: DRAM (Dynamic RAM), Rambus, and SDRAM (Static RAM), FB-DRAM
• Shared-Memory Multiprocessing (SMP) involves a multiprocessor computer hardware and software architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single, shared main memory, have full access to all input and output devices, and are controlled by a single operating system instance that treats all processors equally, reserving none for special purposes.
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General

• IO
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• Memory Region
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