System and method for fast context switching between tasks
US5727211A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 9, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 9, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/462
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for fast context switching between tasks by tracking task utilization of shared system resources and optimizing swapping the shared system resources to backing store by computing the difference between the current task's utilization of the system resources and the incoming task's utilization of the shared system resources and only swapping to backing store the difference between the current task's utilization, the available system resources, and the incoming task's needs.
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