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Master Foils for Basic Threads Discussion including Niemiec's TCE in detail

This presentation was prepared by Janusz Niemiec and describes

Overview of Multithreading

Existing Experience with Multithreading on UNIX

Experience with multithreading for parallel processing -- Nexus and Chant

Design and Implementation of TCE (Thread-based Communication Environment)

This was based on experience with MOVIE interpreted environment and use of TCE in this and other interpreted systems such as parallel HTTP servers and Java from Sun is explored

Table of Contents for Master Foils for Basic Threads Discussion including Niemiec's TCE in detail

001 Light Weight Threads 
    General Overview
    TCE System and its Use in
    Interpreted Environments
002 Abstract of TCE Thread Presentation
003 General Concepts of Multithreading -- 1: What are threads and 
    their benefits
004 General Concepts of Multithreading -- 2: Comparison of Threads and
     Processes
005 General Concepts of Multithreading -- 3: Efficiency of Threads vs.
     Processes
006 General Concepts of Multithreading -- 4: Application or Kernel 
    Threads
007 General Concepts of Multithreading -- 5: Brief History and 
    Motivation
008 Multithreading on Unix-compliant Operating Systems  -- 1: Sun LWP
009 Multithreading on Unix-compliant Operating Systems  -- 2: LWP 
    Functions
010 Multithreading on Unix-compliant Operating Systems  -- 3: DCE 
    Threads
011 Multithreading on Unix-compliant Operating Systems  -- 4: DCE 
    Thread Functions
012 Multithreading on Unix-compliant Operating Systems  -- 5: IRIX 
    "Threads"
013 Multithreading on Unix-compliant Operating Systems  --6:IRIX 
    Thread Characteristics
014 Multithreading on Unix-compliant Operating Systems  -- 7: Mach 
    Threads
015 Multithreading on Unix-compliant Operating Systems  -- 8: 
    C-Threads
016 Multithreaded Environments for Parallel Processing -- Nexus
017 Multithreading Environments for Parallel Processing  -- Chant - 1
018 Multithreading Environments for Parallel Processing  -- Chant - 2
019 Thread-based Communication Environment (TCE) -- 1: Goals
020 Thread-based Communication Environment (TCE) -- 2: How Has it Been
     Achieved
021 Thread-based Communication Environment (TCE) -- 3: Why it is Great
022 TCE -- Implementation -- 1: What is a thread and how do you make 
    it!
023 TCE -- Implementation -- 2: tce_thrd_init
024 TCE -- Implementation -- 3
025 TCE -- Implementation -- 4: 
    Scheduling policy
026 TCE -- Implementation -- 5: Priority
027 TCE -- Implementation -- 6 :
    Preemptive and Non-Preemptive scheduling
028 TCE -- Implementation -- 7: Time Slice per Thread in Scheduling
029 TCE -- Implementation -- 8: Preemptive Scheduling
030 TCE -- Implementation -- 9:
    To Preempt Or Not To Preempt, ...
031 TCE -- Implementation -- 10:
    When is Preemptive Scheduling Used
032 TCE -- Implementation -- 11: Non-Blocking I/O operations
033 TCE -- Implementation -- 12: Thread Synchronization
034 TCE -- Implementation -- 12: Synchronization Example
035 TCE -- Implementation -- 13: Parent-Child Join Synchronization
036 TCE -- Implementation -- 14: Communication in TCE
037 TCE -- Implementation -- 15: Ports
038 TCE -- Implementation -- 16: Creating Ports
039 TCE -- Implementation -- 17: Ports contd
040 TCE -- Implementation -- 18: Channels
041 TCE -- Implementation -- 19:tce_chn_send
042 TCE -- Implementation -- 20: tce_chn_rcv/set
043 TCE -- Implementation -- 21: Channel Sets
044 TCE -- Implementation -- 22:
    Channel Set Functions
045 TCE -- Implementation -- 23: Example of Use of Channel Set 
    Functions
046 TCE -- Implementation -- 24: Using Communication Objects
047 TCE -- Implementation -- 25: Communication Modes
048 TCE -- Implementation -- 26:Changing Channel Characteristics
049 TCE -- Implementation -- 27: tce_chnset_set
050 TCE -- Implementation -- 28: Communication between heterogenous 
    machines
051 TCE -- Implementation -- 29: TCE as a Distributed Environment
052 TCE -- Implementation -- 30: TCE as a Parallel Environment 
053 MOVIE -- 1:Introduction To Total System
054 MOVIE -- 2: MOVIE Threads
055 MOVIE -- 3: Communication of Code
056 MOVIE -- 4: Communication Model and Preemptive Structure
057 Multithreading for Interpreted Environments -- 1: Overview 
058 Multithreading for Interpreted Environments -- 2: Comparison of 
    Two Implementation Strategies
059 Multithreading for Interpreted Environments -- 3: Multithreading 
    for HTTP Servers and Clients
060 Multithreading for Interpreted Environments -- 4: Preemptive WWW 
    Server and Client Multithreading
061 Multithreading for Interpreted Environments -- 5: HotJava Browser

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