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Re: Do x86 or arm processors have "interrupt overload protection" or maybe windows ?

Date 2011-07-02 09:29 +0200
From Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no">
Newsgroups comp.arch
Subject Re: Do x86 or arm processors have "interrupt overload protection" or maybe windows ?
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John Savard wrote:
> Also, at least an x86 has a *stack*, so it's luckier than a 360 in the
> event of an interrupt.

Not anymore:

Current x64 cpus with SSE++ can have a K or more of architecture-visible 
processor task state.

Terje

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- <Terje.Mathisen at tmsw.no>
"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"

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Re: Do x86 or arm processors have "interrupt overload protection" or maybe windows  ? MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup@aol.com> - 2011-07-01 07:45 -0700
  Re: Do x86 or arm processors have "interrupt overload protection" or maybe windows  ? vandys@vsta.org - 2011-07-01 17:03 +0000
  Re: Do x86 or arm processors have "interrupt overload protection" or maybe windows  ? jsavard@excxn.aNOSPAMb.cdn.invalid (John Savard) - 2011-07-01 20:10 +0000
    Re: Do x86 or arm processors have "interrupt overload protection" or maybe windows  ? Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-07-02 09:29 +0200
      Re: Do x86 or arm processors have "interrupt overload protection" or maybe windows  ? Andrew Reilly <areilly---@bigpond.net.au> - 2011-07-02 13:37 +0000
  Re: Do x86 or arm processors have "interrupt overload protection" or maybe windows  ? "Skybuck Flying" <Windows7IsOK@DreamPC2006.com> - 2011-07-03 09:52 +0200
    Re: Do x86 or arm processors have "interrupt overload protection" or maybe windows  ? "Skybuck Flying" <Windows7IsOK@DreamPC2006.com> - 2011-07-03 09:58 +0200

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