Multiscalable Operating Systems
Multiscalable systems need operating systems capable of working at many different scales, and capable of interacting with systems at very different scales. Some issues include:
- modular design – preferably based on a very small kernel
- small memory footprint – again, a property of a very small kernel
- flexible memory and resource management – comes from a small kernel and modular design: areas like memory management can be external to the kernel
Student Opportunities
At this stage, I am looking for 4th year and Honours thesis project students (and possible some part-time workers).
See Also
Computer architecture and networks for related projects.
The L4 project is a good starting point for future work in this area.