From: paf@aleph.UUCP (Paul Fronberg)
Newsgroups: ba.seminars,comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.os.mach,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.sys5.misc
Subject: SVNet meeting November 11: Threads in Solaris 2.0
Keywords: threads, solaris 2.0, unix, sun, mach
Date: 6 Nov 92 15:34:03 GMT
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Organization: Aleph Software Consulting, Inc.




            SVNet Meeting  -   Wednesday, November 11, 1992


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	   ||		 Threads in Solaris 2.0		     ||
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	   ||		  Examining the	Model		     ||
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Topic:	Threads	in Solaris 2.0,	Examining the Model

      The Solaris Multi-thread Architecture is a model for multiple threads
      of control within	a single UNIX process. The main	goals are to
      provide extremely	lightweight threads and	to rationalize and extend
      the UNIX Application Programming Interface for a multi-threaded
      environment. The threads are intended to be sufficiently lightweight
      so that there can	be thousands present and that synchronization and
      context switching	can be accomplished rapidly without entering the
      kernel. These goals are achieved by providing lightweight	user-level
      threads that are multiplexed on top of kernel-supported threads of
      control. This architecture allows	the programmer to separate logical
      (program)	concurrency from the required real concurrency,	which is
      relatively costly, and to	control	both within a single programming
      model.

Who:   Steve Kleiman, SunSoft

      Steve Kleiman is a Distinguished Engineer	in the Operating Systems
      Technology Department of SunSoft.	 He is currently architect of
      Multi-threading in SunOS.	 He received an	M.S. in	Electrical
      Engineering from Stanford	University in 1978 and a B.S. in Electrical
      Engineering and Computer Science from M.I.T in 1977.  He has been
      involved with the	design and development of UNIX and workstation
      architecture since 1977; first at	Bell Telephone Laboratories and
      then at Sun.  He was one of the developers of NFS, Vnodes, and of	the
      original port of SunOS to	SPARC. His E-mail address is
      srk@Eng.Sun.COM.	By phone:  (415) 336-7295.

When:      WEDNESDAY, November 11, 7:30pm

Place: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Bldg 6
      2750 Coast Ave, off Garcia Avenue, Behind	Bldg 5


		   FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE	CONTACT:
      Ralph Barker (408) 986-8840 (days) or (408) 248-8649 (evenings)
		      or Paul Fronberg (408) 246-1132


        
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Note building 6 entrance is off of Coast Ave
Coast Ave is just north of building 5 on Garcia.
Turn at sign (tombstone) "buildings 1&6"  by building 5