a. Windows 10 implements a load sharing approach where it uses a priority-driven, preemptive scheduling system to schedule the task and balance the workload among the threads of multicore processors. Identify load sharing approach implemented in the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system and discuss its implementation.

b. Based on Figure 2, CPU 0 and CPU 1 are relatively busy compared to others. It looks like the load distribution among logical processors (i.e. threads) is not balanced. From your observation, explain the possible cause of why CPU 0 and CPU 1 are busier than other logical processors?

QUESTION 4 (10 MARKS) Figure 2 illustrates a dual quad cores processor with hyper-threading capability, running on Microsoft Windows 10 operating system. Windows essentially treat scheduling in multicore systems in the same fashion as a multiprocessor system. The scheduler tends to focus on keeping processors busy by load balancing so that threads ready to run are evenly distributed among the processors. CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1065G7 CPU @ 1.30GHz * Utilization over 60 seconds 100% w Utilization Speed Base speed 1.50 GHz 28% 2.17 GHz Sockets Cores 4 Processes Threads Handles Logical processors 8 293 3567 130628 Virtualization Enabled L1 cache Up time 320 KB L2 cache 20 MB 6:21:57:20 L3 cache 8.0 MB Figure 2: Load of Logical Processors in Microsoft Windows 10