Topics include: Operating systems basic concepts. Hardware and software features required for operating systems. Process management; scheduling, inter-process communication and synchronization, process starvation, deadlocks. Memory management, virtual memory, and file systems. The major lab project will involve developing operating system modules. Lect: 3 hrs./Lab: 2 hrs. Prerequisites: COE 318 and COE 428 Course Weight: 1.00 Billing Units: 1
