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SEDA: an architecture for well-conditioned, scalable internet services
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Modern desktop and server computer systems use multiple processors: general purpose CPU(s), graphic processor (GPU), network processors (NP) on Network Interface Cards (NICs), RAID controllers, and signal processors on sound cards and modems. Some of these processors traditionally have been special purpose processors but there is a trend towards replacing some of these with embedded general purpose processors. At the same time main CPUs become more powerful; desktop CPUs start featuring Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT); and Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP) systems are widely used in server systems. However, the structure of operating systems has not really changed to reflect these trends --- different types of processors evolve at different timescales (largely driven by market forces) requiring significant changes to operating systems kernels to reflect the appropriate tradeoffs.In this position paper we propose to re-vitalise the old idea of channel processors by encapsulating operating system I/O subsystems in Virtual Channel Processors (VCPs). VCPs perform I/O operations on behalf of an OS. They provide similar development, performance, and fault isolation as dedicated (embedded) I/O processors do while offering the flexibility to split functionality between the main processor(s) and dedicated processors without affecting the rest of the OS. If part of a VCP is executed on the main processor, we propose to make use of virtual machine technology and SMT/SMP features to isolate its performance from that of the rest of the system and to protect the system from faults within the VCP.