In an era when power has become a fundamental design constraint, questions persist about whether asynchronous logic has a role to play. It is a design style said to have significant benefits and yet ...

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Make a system call now, get the result later: a proposed kernel patch expands the possibilities for asynchronous I/O. The kernel’s support for asynchronous I/O is incomplete, and it always has been.