Professional Multicore Programming: Design and Implementation for C++ Developers

650 Pages·2008·16.364 MB·English

by  Cameron Hughes, Tracey Hughes

Professional
Multicore Programming
Design and Implementation for C++ Developers
Cameron Hughes
Tracey Hughes
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
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Professional Multicore Programming
Introduction ............................................................................................... xxi
Chapter 1: The New Architecture .................................................................. 1
Chapter 2: Four Effective Multicore Designs ................................................. 19
Chapter 3: The Challenges of Multicore Programming ................................... 35
Chapter 4: The Operating System’s Role ....................................................... 67
Chapter 5: Processes, C++ Interface Classes, and Predicates ....................... 95
Chapter 6: Multithreading .......................................................................... 143
Chapter 7: Communication and Synchronization
of Concurrent Tasks .................................................................. 203
Chapter 8: PADL and PBS: Approaches to Application Design ...................... 283
Chapter 9: Modeling Software Systems
That Require Concurrency ......................................................... 331
Chapter 10: Testing and Logical Fault Tolerance
for Parallel Programs .............................................................. 375
Appendix A: UML for Concurrent Design .................................................... 401
Appendix B: Concurrency Models ............................................................... 411
Appendix C: POSIX Standard for Thread Management ................................. 427
Appendix D: POSIX Standard for Process Managemnet ............................... 567
Bibliography .............................................................................................. 593
Index ........................................................................................................ 597
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Professional
Multicore Programming
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Professional
Multicore Programming
Design and Implementation for C++ Developers
Cameron Hughes
Tracey Hughes
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
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Professional Multicore Programming:
Design and Implementation for C++ Developers
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Hughes, Cameron, 1960-
Professional multicore programming : design and implementation for C++ developers/Cameron Hughes, Tracey
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1. Parallel programming (Computer science) 2. Multiprocessors. 3. C++ (Computer program language)
4. System design. I. Hughes, Tracey. I. Title.
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