Building Parallel, Embedded, and Real-Time Applications with Ada

The complete guide to understanding and implementing multi-core, concurrent, embedded, distributed, and real-time applications with Ada and related technologies.

John W. McCormick (Author), Frank Singhoff (Author), Jérôme Hugues (Author)

9780521197168, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 7 April 2011

388 pages, 50 b/w illus. 140 exercises
25.4 x 18.1 x 2.7 cm, 0.91 kg

'… very well-written … Building Parallel, Embedded, and Real-Time Applications with Ada is one of those volumes that makes you think, especially about the hard problems (like real-time, multitasking and multicore) facing the firmware world today. I recommend it.' Jack G. Ganssle, embedded.com

The arrival and popularity of multi-core processors has sparked a renewed interest in the development of parallel programs. Similarly, the availability of low-cost microprocessors and sensors has generated a great interest in embedded real-time programs. This book provides students and programmers whose backgrounds are in traditional sequential programming with the opportunity to expand their capabilities into parallel, embedded, real-time and distributed computing. It also addresses the theoretical foundation of real-time scheduling analysis, focusing on theory that is useful for actual applications. Written by award-winning educators at a level suitable for undergraduates and beginning graduate students, this book is the first truly entry-level textbook in the subject. Complete examples allow readers to understand the context in which a new concept is used, and enable them to build and run the examples, make changes, and observe the results.

1. Introduction and overview
2. Sequential programming with Ada
3. Task basics
4. Communication and synchronization based on shared objects
5. Communication and synchronization based on direct interaction
6. Distributed systems with Ada
7. Real-time systems and scheduling concepts
8. Real-time programming with Ada
9. Tools for building and verifying real-time applications
Index.

Subject Areas: Computer programming / software development [UM], Embedded systems [UKM], Grid & parallel computing [UKG]