FIGURE 15.1 Single-Threaded Application: Maps to One Core.

FIGURE 15.2 Pipelined Application: Each Task Maps to a Core.

FIGURE 15.3 Multithreaded Application: Each Thread Maps to a Core.

FIGURE 15.4 Theoretical Speedup over a Range of Processors and Serialization Percentages.

FIGURE 15.5 High-Level Depiction of Logical Processor Organization.

FIGURE 15.6 Organization of a Multiprocessor-Aware Operating System.

FIGURE 15.7 Prototype ETA System.

FIGURE 15.8 Basic Organization of a Virtual Machine Monitor.

FIGURE 15.9 An Asymmetric Xen System.

FIGURE 15.10 Xenomai.

FIGURE 15.11 Xenomai Nano-Kernel Approach.

FIGURE 15.12 Skins, the Xenomai core, and Hardware.