Nemesis was an

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that was designed by the

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, the

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, the Swedish Institute of Computer Science and Citrix Systems. Nemesis was conceived with

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uses in mind. It was designed with a small lightweight kernel, using

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to perform functions that most operating systems perform in the kernel. This reduces the processing that is performed in the kernel on behalf of application processes, transferring the activity to the processes themselves and facilitating accounting for resource usage. The ISAs that Nemesis supports include

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( Intel i486,

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, and

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), Alpha and

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(

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SA–110). Nemesis also runs on evaluation boards (21064 and 21164).

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Nemesis At Cambridge
{{Operating system Free software operating systems University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory Citrix Systems

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