Process Management in Nó//

This paper presents the process management strategies for the Nó// (reads parallel node) project, which aims to develop a high performance, low cost, multicomputer and a concurrent programming environment for it. Nó// operating system has been conceived under a client/server philosophy, so the nucleus functionality restrains to support client and server processes. The other parts of the operating system, like file systems, object management and interface are up to server process. In this context, Nó// process management strategies are described, including the way process are carried out, from its creation to its termination, scheduled and synchronized. The text first gives an overview of the whole project (many parts of the project have already been presented to international community). Then the process concept is depicted to demonstrate how combination of threads and tasks can be used to achieve high performance computation. After that, process manager implementation is presented...