After introducing interrupts and the foreground/background architecture, I am finally ready to tackle the concept of a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). In this first lesson on RTOS (commonly ...

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 ...

Wind River has announced the availability of virtualization for embedded systems. This allows operating systems to be mixed on a multicore chip. Gordon Haff Gordon Haff is Red Hat's cloud evangelist ...

In previous articles, we looked at how to configure the kernel as well as the key components of an embedded operating system (OS). This new article focuses on the hardware components of embedded Linux ...

Ah, Windows Embedded. The Microsoft operating system that millions of devices and machines are running, typically with a custom application or skin running on top of it so that users don’t ...

Pros and cons of using a hypervisor. Pros and cons of multicore frameworks. Today’s multicore system-on-chip (SoC) hardware offers the promise of being able to pack more into your embedded project ...

Dublin, Jan. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Embedded Real-Time Operating Systems for the IoT Market - Global Forecast 2026-2032" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Embedded ...

Microsoft has given manufacturers the tools to make Windows the operating system for a host of consumer-oriented devices — from video game consoles to TV set-top boxes that serve as full-blown home ...

Microsoft OSs are commonly found on general purpose PCs and servers. Newer versions come out every couple of years and the older ones are retired. OEMs wanting to use Microsoft Windows on dedicated ...