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A '''multikernel''' [[Operating_system]] treats a [[Multi-core processor|multi-core]] machine as a network of independent cores, 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 http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/101903/paper.pdf]</ref><ref>The Barrelfish operating system, http://www.barrelfish.org/.</ref><references />
A multi kernel Operating-System (OS) treat a multi core machine as a network of independent cores, like a distributed system. There is no assumption of distributed memory.

A '''multikernel''' [[Operating_system]] treats a [[Multi-core processor|multi-core]] machine as a network of independent cores, 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 http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/101903/paper.pdf]</ref><ref>The Barrelfish operating system, http://www.barrelfish.org/.</ref>
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Amoeba distributed operating system]]
*[[Amoeba distributed operating system]]

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A multikernel Operating_system treats a multi-core machine as a network of independent cores, as if it were a distributed system. It does not assume shared memory but rather implements inter-process communications as Message-passing.[1][2]

  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/.

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