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USENIX
1994
15 years 9 months ago
Reducing File System Latency using a Predictive Approach
Despite impressive advances in file system throughput resulting from technologies such as high-bandwidth networks and disk arrays, file system latency has not improved and in many...
Jim Griffioen, Randy Appleton
USENIX
1994
15 years 9 months ago
TreadMarks: Distributed Shared Memory on Standard Workstations and Operating Systems
TreadMarks is a distributed shared memory DSM system for standard Unix systems such as SunOS and Ultrix. This paper presents a performance evaluation of TreadMarks running on Ultr...
Peter J. Keleher, Alan L. Cox, Sandhya Dwarkadas, ...
OSDI
1994
ACM
15 years 9 months ago
Storage Alternatives for Mobile Computers
Mobile computers such as notebooks, subnotebooks, and palmtops require low weight, low power consumption, and good interactive performance. These requirements impose many challeng...
Fred Douglis, Ramón Cáceres, M. Fran...
SIGOPSE
1994
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
New Directions for Integrated Circuit Cards Operating Systems
Integrated circuit cards or smart cards are now well-known. Applications such as electronic purses (cash units stored in cards), subscriber identification cards used in cellular te...
Pierre Paradinas, Jean-Jacques Vandewalle
USENIX
1994
15 years 9 months ago
Acme: A User Interface for Programmers
A hybrid of window system, shell, and editor, Acme gives text-oriented applications a clean, expressive, and consistent style of interaction. Traditional window systems support in...
Rob Pike
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