A More Perfect Heaven by Dava Sobel
This book describes state-of-the-art techniques for designing real-time computer systems. The author shows how to estimate precisely the effect of cache architecture on the execution time of a program, how to dispatch workload on multicore processors to optimize resources, while meeting deadline constraints, and how to use closed-form mathematical approaches to characterize highly variable workloads and their interaction in a networked environment. Readers will learn how to deal with unpredictable timing behaviors of computer systems on different levels of system granularity and abstraction.- Introduces promising techniques for dealing with challenges associated with deploying real-time systems on multicore platforms;
- Provides a complete picture of building timing-predictable computer systems, at the program level, component level and system level;
- Leverages different levels of abstraction to deal with the complexity of the analysis.
Longitude, Galileo's Daughter, The Planets, and A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Universe are all written by Dava Sobel (born June 15, 1947). She has written for a variety of publications, including Discover, Harvard Magazine, Smithsonian, and The New Yorker. Her most memorable work at the Times required her to spend 25 days as a research subject in the chronophysiology lab at Montefiore Hospital, where she was kept safe by boarded-up windows and specially trained personnel. She also earned the 2004 Harrison Medal from the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in England and the 2008 Klumpke-Roberts Prize from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for improving public understanding and appreciation of astronomy. She graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1964 and has taught various science writing workshops at the university level, as well as a two-year residency at the University of California, Berkeley.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802717931 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802717934 |
| Title | A More Perfect Heaven |
| Author | Dava Sobel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Walker & Company |
| Year published | 2011-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 273 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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