Processor speed and memory size are increasing day-by-day several times faster than disk speed. The difference between these two identifies that disk I/O performance could become a very important ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition, is a practical and technical guide to understanding the components that make up an embedded system’s architecture. Offering detailed ...

Most computer operating systems must multi-task. They use a scheduling algorithm that decides which of the many processes can be run at any given time. It puts some jobs aside while others go through, ...

Modifying any part of the Linux kernel source code is usually a challenging task most software developers would prefer to avoid, composed as it is thousands of code lines divided by hundred of files.

Sporadic events are the bugaboo of many real-time systems. Finding a way to manage aperiodic behavior can spell the difference between system failure and system success. This article presents the ...