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Unix system calls
| | samwho.dev
Context Switching on x86
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| | Context switching is the method an operating system employs to implement "multitasking". It's the practice of having multiple contexts of execution in
| | venam.nixers.net
Computer Architecture Takeaways
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| | Computer architecture can be considered a boring topic, one that is studied during CS education, then put aside, and leaves place to the shiny new toys that capture the attention. I've recently revisited it, and I'd like to summarize some takeaways.
| | cpu.land
The "Basics" | Putting the "You" in CPU
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| | Curious exactly what happens when you run a program on your computer? Learn how multiprocessing works, what system calls really are, how computers manage memory with hardware interrupts, and how Linux loads executables.
| | yosefk.com
0+0 > 0: C++ thread-local storage performance
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| We discuss how to make sure that your access to TLS (thread-local storage) is fast, and how the presence of constructors and shared libraries affects the access time.