Broadcom Interview Question: Compare and contrast: Semaphore versus Mutex.

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Compare and contrast: Semaphore versus Mutex.

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Anonymous

Mar 6, 2013

A mutex is a binary (2-state) semaphore.

Anonymous

Jan 7, 2013

Not necessarily the hardest but the only one I remember from the interview. Look it up on Wikipedia if you don't have this one off the top of your head.

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