Nemesis (operating system)

Nemesis was an operating system that was designed by the University of Cambridge, the University of Glasgow, the Swedish Institute of Computer Science and Citrix Systems.

Nemesis
DeveloperUniversity of Cambridge
Working stateDiscontinued
Latest releaseII / April 26, 1999 (1999-04-26)
Available inEnglish
Platformsx86
Alpha
ARM
Default
user interface
Graphical user interface
LicenseNemesis Free License
Official websitewww.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/projects/archive/nemesis/

Nemesis was conceived with multimedia uses in mind. It was designed with a small lightweight kernel, using shared libraries 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.[1]

The ISAs that Nemesis supports include x86 (Intel i486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, and Pentium II), Alpha and ARM (StrongARM SA–110). Nemesis also runs on evaluation boards (21064 and 21164).

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References

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  1. ^ "Introduction on Nemesis". www.cl.cam.ac.uk. 5 February 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
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