Title :
Distributed mailbox arrangement which facilitates task communication in a multimicroprocessor system
Author :
Jayaram, Nandish ; Evans, P.L.
Author_Institution :
Polytechnic of Central London, Mathematics & Computing Department, London, UK
Abstract :
A distributed mailbox facility that could minimise the memory conflicts arising out of busy wait synchronisation operations is described. A mapping of the Ada rendezvous mechanism is suggested as an application.
Keywords :
Ada; distributed processing; multiprocessing systems; operating systems (computers); Ada rendezvous mechanism; distributed mailbox facility; mapping; multimicroprocessor system; task communication;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810455
