Why Soft Real-Time on Windows 2000?

• Popular OS, lots of multimedia apps

• No incremental cost for soft RT on existing systems

  • Other approaches are more expensive
    • Hard real-time OSs are inefficient
    • Dedicated hardware costs $$, flexibility

• “Hardening” a popular OS maintains compatibility with existing apps

  • Techniques are broadly applicable

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