Everything about Asynchronous I/O

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Asynchronous I/OA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Autism genes converge on asynchronous development of shared neuron classesInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Modern Operating SystemsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: A 128$\times$128 120 dB 15 $\mu$s Latency Asynchronous Temporal Contrast Vision SensorCited 2,344 times
5. Go sideways: Event loopA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Polling (computer science)A closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• A 128$\times$128 120 dB 15 $\mu$s Latency Asynchronous Temporal Contrast Vision Sensor

  Patrick Lichtsteiner, Christoph Posch, Tobi Delbruck · 2008 · IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits · 2,344 citations

• A Fully Asynchronous Multifrontal Solver Using Distributed Dynamic Scheduling

  Patrick R. Amestoy, Iain S. Duff, Jean-Yves L'Excellent · 2001 · SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications · 1,970 citations

• Minimum probability of error for asynchronous Gaussian multiple-access channels

  S. Verdu · 1986 · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory · 1,729 citations

• Distributed asynchronous deterministic and stochastic gradient optimization algorithms

  J. Tsitsiklis, D. Bertsekas, M. Athans · 1986 · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control · 1,538 citations

• The Asynchronous State in Cortical Circuits

  Alfonso Renart, Jaime de la Rocha, Peter Bartho · 2010 · Science · 1,101 citations

• Multistage detection in asynchronous code-division multiple-access communications

  M.K. Varanasi, B. Aazhang · 1990 · IEEE Transactions on Communications · 1,063 citations

• Asynchronous Holocene optimum of the East Asian monsoon

  Zhisheng An, Stephen C. Porter, John E. Kutzbach · 2000 · Quaternary Science Reviews · 887 citations

• Near-far resistance of multiuser detectors in asynchronous channels

  R. Lupas, S. Verdu · 1990 · IEEE Transactions on Communications · 809 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Autism genes converge on asynchronous development of shared neuron classes

  Bruna Paulsen, Silvia Velasco, Amanda J. Kedaigle · 2022 · Nature · 448 citations

• Asynchronous federated learning on heterogeneous devices: A survey

  Chenhao Xu, Youyang Qu, Yong Xiang · 2023 · Computer Science Review · 307 citations

• Breaking the Rate-Loss Bound of Quantum Key Distribution with Asynchronous Two-Photon Interference

  Yuan-Mei Xie, Yu-Shuo Lu, Chen-Xun Weng · 2022 · PRX Quantum · 297 citations

• Asynchronous Deep Reinforcement Learning for Collaborative Task Computing and On-Demand Resource Allocation in Vehicular Edge Computing

  Lei Liu, Jie Feng, Xuanyu Mu · 2023 · IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems · 243 citations

• Mobility-Aware Cooperative Caching in Vehicular Edge Computing Based on Asynchronous Federated and Deep Reinforcement Learning

  Qiong Wu, Yu Zhao, Qiang Fan · 2023 · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing · 188 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Modern Operating SystemsAndrew S. Tanenbaum, Herbert Bos · 1992
• JavaScriptDavid Flanagan · 1996
• Computer ArchitectureJoseph D. Dumas II · 2005
• Linux System ProgrammingRobert Love · 2007
• Microprocessor Architecture, Programming, and Applications with the 8085Ramesh S. Gaonkar · 1996
• C# 3.0 in a NutshellJoseph Albahari, Ben Albahari · 2007
• C# 4.0 in a nutshellJoseph Albahari · 2010
• Advanced WindowsJeffrey Richter · 1995

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

🔗 Related topics

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• Interrupt In digital computers, an interrupt is a request for the processor to interrupt currently executing code (when permitted), so that the event can be processed…
• Reactor pattern The reactor software design pattern is an event handling strategy that can respond to many potential service requests concurrently. The pattern's key component…
• Event (computing) In computing, an event is a detectable occurrence or change in state that the system is designed to monitor, such as user input, hardware interrupt, system…
• Input/output In computing, input/output (abbreviated I/O, i/o, or informally IO or io) is the communication between an information processing system, such as a computer…
• Interrupt handler In computer systems programming, an interrupt handler, also known as an interrupt service routine (ISR), is a special block of code associated with a specific…
• Operating system An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.…