As is so often the case, a notable change in an upcoming Linux kernel is both historic and no big deal. What does this mean for desktop Linux? Not much. Beyond high-end audio production or replication ...

Embedded-Linux company says it's created technology that lets people slam the brakes on Linux in a computing emergency. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

A real-time system must respect time constraints to ensure that its execution makes functional sense. It must be deterministic, ensuring the execution of system processes a priori. After analyzing the ...

Although Linux runs almost every supercomputer, most of the web, the majority of smart phones, and a few writers’ ancient Macbooks, there’s one major weak point in the Linux world that will almost ...

Hard real-time Linux has been around for ages, or it may never appear. It all depends on who you talk to. It also depends on your requirements. A two-second interrupt latency may be acceptable for ...

PARIS — A Sun Microsystems spin-off will on Friday (June 27) roll out embedded software that puts Linux on the same board with a real-time microkernel. Jaluna, thus, can deliver “real-time [capability ...