An RTOS is a specialized operating system designed to handle time-critical tasks with precision and reliability. Unlike general-purpose operating systems like Windows or macOS, an RTOS is built to ...

CHICAGO, ILL. — The trend toward real-time embedded Linux got a boost last week, as aircraft engine-builder Pratt & Whitney revealed that it used a Linux-based software kernel to test its new F135 ...

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, ...

It took its own sweet time -- over 20 years! -- but real-time Linux finally made it into the mainline Linux kernel. It's baked inside Linux kernel version 6.12. This is a major new release. Linux 6.12 ...

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 ...

As embedded Linux rolls into new markets, such as automotive computing systems (see previous newsletter), the open source operating system is also chugging right along in the telecom and carrier ...