Nisha Singhalnishasinghal.hashnode.dev·Mar 20, 2024An Exploration of CPU Performance: Multitasking, Multiprocessing, and MultithreadingYou might have heard someone saying I have x cores and ythreads in my CPU. And the higher it is the more performant the CPU is. But why does this matter so much for CPU performance? Let's dig into it in the context of multithreading, multiprocessing ...Discuss·20 likesCPU architechture
Raineraineyang.hashnode.dev·Feb 28, 2024Learning Note: Process and MultitaskingThis article is a summary of Chapter 1, section 4-6 of: Arpaci-Dusseau, R. H., & Arpaci-Dusseau, A. C. (2023). Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces (1.10th ed.). Arpaci-Dusseau Books. Process: the Abstraction One key function of an operating system i...Discussoperating system
Jyotiprakash Mishrablog.jyotiprakash.org·Jan 4, 2024The mandatory multisBatch Processing Definition: Batch processing systems are a type of computing system where similar jobs are grouped together and processed as a batch without interaction from the user during their execution. These systems are designed to handle large...Discuss·10 likes·749 readstime sharing
Gagandeep Singhblog.gagan93.me·Dec 30, 2023Multi-tasking is not so coolMultitasking refers to working on more than one task at a time. Although, as per research, it is not possible for humans to truly multitask like computers, we often hear this term at work. Among engineers, it comes up when there's more than one task ...Discuss·43 readsmultitasking
Philip Parisaitechcave.hashnode.dev·Dec 15, 2023#1 The Labyrinth of Task Switching and MultitaskingThis place serves as a repository for random thoughts. Thought #1: "Do you have a second?" A polite way to interrupt someone at work. But what if they're wearing headphones? Interestingly, it's not a problem for some people at my current workplace. S...Discuss·2 likesmultitasking
Himanshu Kumarhimanshukrmr.hashnode.dev·May 1, 2023Operating system (part - 2) Multi-Tasking vs Multi-ThreadingIn the Operating system (Part - 1) we learned about "what is an operating system" What will happen if there is no OS? some key functions of OS Some of the goals of OS types of os some real-world examples where these os are used In part - 2 we...DiscussOperating System(OS)operating system
Devlin Bentleymeanderingthoughts.hashnode.dev·Mar 31, 2023Cooperative Multitasking on Microsoft Bandtl;dr This is going to be a very technical post, if you are not familiar with different concurrency models and subscription (pub/sub) systems, then I'll be throwing a lot of new knowledge your way. To make suffering through more enticing, I'm going t...Discuss·871 readsembedded
Mike Mwanjemikemwanje.hashnode.dev·Sep 17, 2022Multitasking, something we copied from computers.Multitasking is the concurrent execution of multiple tasks for a given time. This means that if a new task comes up amidst execution of an already running task, the new task is executed without having to wait for the first one to complete. The term o...Discuss·2 likes·4.1K readsmultitasking