How can a semaphore be used to insure that Process First will complete before Process Second executes?
Describe how transaction logging might apply to a file system, and give an example of a file system that employs transaction loggin.
If a memory access requires 100 nanoseconds, and the computer uses a page table and virtual memory, how long does it take to read a word of program memory?
If we add a TLB to the computer in the previous question, and 80 percent of the time the page table entry is in the TLB (i.e., the required memory access results in a "hit" in the TLB 80 percent of the time), on average, how long does it take to read a word of program memory?