EKER, ABDULAZIZ. Characterization of Context Switch Effects on L2 Cache. (Under the direction of Dr. Yan Solihin.) Multitasking is common in most systems. In order to use the processor resources efficiently, a multitasking system schedules processes to run for certain intervals by switching (saving and restoring) their contexts. However, since processes bring their own data to the cache when th...

SHIFTWORK INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER The official newsletter of the Scientific Committee on Night and Shiftwork of the International Commission on Occupational Health June 2003, Volume 20, Number 1 ISBN 0265-5357 Published by Tsuyoshi Kawakami and Kazutaka Kogi Institute for Science of Labour 2-8-14, Sugao, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki 216, Japan (Fax: +81-44-977-7504; E-mail: [email protected], k.kog...