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Semaphore (programming)

Known as: Semaphore (computing), Counting Semaphore, Binary Semaphore 
In computer science, a semaphore is a variable or abstract data type that is used to control access to a common resource by multiple processes in a… 
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ALGOL 68Abstract data typeActor modelBanker's algorithm

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2009
2009
Performance evaluation of macroblock-level parallelization of H.264 decoding on a cc-NUMA multiprocessor architecture
This paper presents a study of the performance scalability of a macroblock-level parallelization of the H.264 decoder for High… 
2008
2008
Synthesis of Optimal Interfaces for Hierarchical Scheduling with Resources
This paper presents algorithms that (1) facilitate system-independent synthesis of timing-interfaces for subsystems and (2… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
hthreads: a hardware/software co-designed multithreaded RTOS kernel
This paper describes the hardware/software co-design of a multithreaded RTOS kernel on a new Xilinx Virtex II Pro FPGA. Our… 
2004
2004
Reachability testing of semaphore-based programs
  • Yu LeiR. Carver
  • Proceedings of the 28th Annual International…
  • 2004
  • Corpus ID: 11538888
Concurrent programming is becoming more important in modern software development. However, concurrent programs exhibit non… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A single-chip 1.6 billion 16-b MAC/s multiprocessor DSP
A MIMD multiprocessor DSP chip containing four 64-b processing elements (PEs) interconnected by a 128-b pipelined split… 
1996
1996
Process synchronization in workflow management systems
Workflow management systems automate the execution of business processes allowing the concurrent execution of multiple process… 
1993
1993
Kernel-Kernel communication in a shared-memory multiprocessor
SUMMARY In the standard kernel organization on a bus-based multiprocessor, all processors share the code and data of the… 
1990
1990
Semaphore queues: modeling multilayered window flow control mechanisms
An open queuing network for analyzing multilayered window flow control mechanisms consisting of different subnetworks is… 
1986
1986
Distributed system V IPC in LOCUS: a design and implementation retrospective
This paper describes new interprocess communications facilities that have been added to the Locus system [POPEK 81][WALKER 83… 
1976
1976
Signaling in monitors
Monitors are a convenient and powerful tool for writing schedulers in concurrent programs. There are at least four conventions… 
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