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Component-based software design is a widely accepted approach to deal with the growing demands of current software systems. Existing component models are targeted towards flexible software design and load distribution between multiple nodes. These systems are mainly designed for interoperability. Thus, they are very general and flexible, but slow. Building a microkernel-based system using existing component technology would result in bad overall system performance. We propose an approach to overcome. the limitations of existing component systems while maintaining their advantages. This paper gives an overview of a new IDL compiler, FIDL, which uses knowledge of the underlying communication mechanism to improve the performance of component-based systems.
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Reuther, L., Uhlig, V., Aigner, R. (2001). Component-based System Design in Microkernel-based Systems. In: Merker, R., Schwarz, W. (eds) System Design Automation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6666-0_6
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