Universal Continuous Media I/O: Design and Implementation

The problem this paper addresses is how to modify an existing operating system’s I/O subsystem to support new high-speed networks and high-bandwidth multimedia applications that will play an important role in future computing environments. The proposed I/O subsystem is called universal continuous media I/O (UCM I/O). This paper will cover the preliminary design of UCM I/O, some of the trade-offs and issues that need to be addressed in order to implement UCM I/O, and a a summary of work in progress. This work supported by ARPA, NSF, Ascom Timeplex, BNR, Goldstar, NEC America, NTT, Southwestern Bell, SynOptics, and Tektronix. UNIVERSAL CONTINUOUS MEDIA I/O: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION Charles D. Cranor chuck@ccrc.wustl.edu +1 314 935 4203 Gurudatta M. Parulkar guru@flora.wustl.edu +1 314 935 4621

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