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A multikernel [[operating system]] treats a [[multicore]] machine as a network of independent cores -- in other words, as if it were a [[distributed system]]. It does not assume shared memory but rather implements inter-process communications as [[message-passing]]. <ref>Baumann et. al, "The Multikernel: a new OS architecture for scalable multicore systems", to appear in 22nd Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (2009), http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/101903/paper.pdf</ref>
A '''multikernel''' [[operating system]] treats a [[multicore]] machine as a network of independent cores -- in other words, as if it were a [[distributed system]]. It does not assume shared memory but rather implements inter-process communications as [[message-passing]]. <ref>Baumann et. al, "The Multikernel: a new OS architecture for scalable multicore systems", to appear in 22nd Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (2009), http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/101903/paper.pdf</ref>
<ref>The Barrelfish operating system, http://www.barrelfish.org/.</ref>
<ref>The Barrelfish operating system, http://www.barrelfish.org/.</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Amoeba distributed operating system]]
* [[Amoeba distributed operating system]]
* [[Distributed computing]]
* [[Distributed operating system]]


==References==
==References==

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A multikernel operating system treats a multicore machine as a network of independent cores -- in other words, as if it were a distributed system. It does not assume shared memory but rather implements inter-process communications as message-passing. [1] [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Baumann et. al, "The Multikernel: a new OS architecture for scalable multicore systems", to appear in 22nd Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (2009), http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/101903/paper.pdf
  2. ^ The Barrelfish operating system, http://www.barrelfish.org/.