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context switching

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Same as task switching.
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They lack this capability primarily because of their memory management schemes, context switching overhead and the lack of special function units that are necessary for protocol processing.
A new breed: IP SANs show great promise for networked storage. ... by Strickland, Mike / Computer Technology Review
The new RTOS, which now supports PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, and XScale processors, features full memory protection and guaranteed resource availability, yet still delivers sub-200-nsec interrupt response and sub-microsecond context switching (as measured on a 233-MHz processor).
GREEN HILLS SOFTWARE LAUNCHES 4.0 OF INTEGRITY REAL-TIME OS by EDP Weekly's IT Monitor
Occupying less than 8 kbytes of memory (in a minimal configuration), OSEck delivers fully-preemptive, event-driven real-time response with a context switching speed of 150 nsec and a worst-case interrupt latency of 300 nsec (assuming 850-MHz clock frequency).
Enea Introduces New TCP/IP Stack for Digital Signal Processors by Business Wire
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