alt Hacker NewsThe registers could also be partitioned into fixed sizes and protected, to allow for a banked register file that allowed for amazingly fast context switches in RTOS systems.
The registers could also be partitioned into fixed sizes and protected, to allow for a banked register file that allowed for amazingly fast context switches in RTOS systems.
Yes, I had an architecture professor that was a fan of it (and so your work, presumably!) It's the only way I'd encountered it, sadly.
That was back around 2000 at Loughborough in the UK.