Top 10 List of Week 08

This list is written in no particular order :)

1. Linux From Scratch on EC2

This links to a blog post discussing how to build a Linux From Scratch image for AWS EC2.

2. Difference between gawk vs. awk

It turns out that Gawk is an implementation of awk and when we call awk, we may call Gawk. This links to a discussion thread discussing the ‘difference’ between Gawk and awk.

3. Preemptive vs Non-Preemptive Scheduling: Key Differences

This links to an explanation as to the difference of Preemptive and Non-Preemptive Scheduling.

4. Create a C program that takes the longest period of time to compile in gcc

This is a (fun) link to a challenge/discussion thread to create a c program that will take a long time to compile.

5. Dynamic Binary Translation – A Model-Driven Approach

When searching about virtualization, I stumbled upon the concept of Dynamic Binary Translation. This links to a paper explaining Dynamic Binary Translation in good detail.

6. Algorithms Lesson 6: Big O, Big Omega, and Big Theta Notation

Given that this week touches on Big O notation, this links to a youtube video I found useful in explaining the different notations used to describe complexity.

7. A Comparative Study of CPU Scheduling Algorithms

This links to a paper comparing the different scheduling algorithms (SJF is the fastest hmm).

8. What is GLIBC? What is it used for?

This links to a discussion thread discussing about glibc (GNU C Library). I was pretty curious about it given the long compile time it has.

Given that this week we started on Linux From Scratch, I was reminded of this cool project/course. This links to the course page of ‘From Nand to Tetris’, a course of building and OS from scratch (boolean arithmetics).

10. There’s Plenty Moore Room: IBM’s New 2nm CPU

This links to a Youtube video discussing IBM new 2 nanometer process for creating CPU. Very interesting watch, the presenter gives good informations about the various different process nodes and how they differ.