Concurrent executionAbout 20 years ago, Intel released the infamous Pentium 4. Known for being energy-hungry and running hot, it pushed the single core…Mar 8, 2021Mar 8, 2021
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Introduction to ioctl interfacePOSIX standard presents to the user space a very clever abstraction of the underlying hardware: everything can be manipulated as a file…Aug 27, 2018Aug 27, 2018
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