Operating System Reliability for the Navy Advanced Avionic Digital Computer |
| |
Authors: | Entner RS Bersoff EH |
| |
Institution: | Naval Air Systems Command Washington, D. C. 20360; |
| |
Abstract: | This paper discusses reliability aspects of a modular multiprocessor currently under development by the Naval Air Systems Command. The operating system, or executive, of this computer may be implemented in various ways. These include a totally software "floating executive," one dedicated to a specific processor, or an executive consisting of special-purpose hardware. The objections to hardware executives, especially for avionic applications, include a supposed degradation in system reliability. This paper shows that under certain conditions this degradation need not occur. |
| |
Keywords: | |
|
|