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SOSP
1993
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
The Logical Disk: A New Approach to Improving File Systems
The Logical Disk (LD) defines a new interface to disk storage that separates file management and disk management by using logical block numbers and block lists. The LD interface...
Wiebren de Jonge, M. Frans Kaashoek, Wilson C. Hsi...
SIGMETRICS
2005
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
The performance impact of kernel prefetching on buffer cache replacement algorithms
A fundamental challenge in improving the file system performance is to design effective block replacement algorithms to minimize buffer cache misses. Despite the well-known int...
Ali Raza Butt, Chris Gniady, Y. Charlie Hu
ISPASS
2006
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Comparing simulation techniques for microarchitecture-aware floorplanning
— Due to the long simulation times of the reference input sets, microarchitects resort to alternative techniques to speed up cycle-accurate simulations. However, the reduction in...
Vidyasagar Nookala, Ying Chen, David J. Lilja, Sac...
MICRO
2006
IEEE
115views Hardware» more  MICRO 2006»
14 years 1 months ago
Mitigating the Impact of Process Variations on Processor Register Files and Execution Units
Design variability due to die-to-die and within-die process variations has the potential to significantly reduce the maximum operating frequency and the effective yield of high-p...
Xiaoyao Liang, David Brooks
EDCC
2006
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Construction of a Highly Dependable Operating System
It has been well established that most operating system crashes are due to bugs in device drivers. Because drivers are normally linked into the kernel address space, a buggy drive...
Jorrit N. Herder, Herbert Bos, Ben Gras, Philip Ho...