T-Engine Enables Ubiquitous Computing

An anonymous reader writes "A Japanese-government sponsored research consortium that include five chip makers and 17 other Japanese high-tech firms, has announced that the T-Engine, a ubiquitous computing platform is ready for prime time. The engine is featured in a IEEE Computer Society article (PDF) and discussed more on Windley's Technometria. The system is based on the iTron real-time OS and includes multiple boards for different applications."

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[torpor]

Is this just better because it's newer or?


its better because its older, not newer. i-tron, and its descendants, are the results of 30 years of computer-science research on ways to get collaborative computing systems into operation.

the ARM core scenario is derived from the desire to have common platforms being used by multiple, different vendors. it was i-tron which prompted the industry to adopt ARM and similar initiatives, and it is the i-tron philosophy of common cores and platforms which have allowed ARM to flourish in the embedded world in the first place.

JAVA was an 'Americanization' of the i-tron initiative, only it hasn't had as much success in the embedded world because of the lack of hardware adaptation that i-tron has prompted; at least, with the big Asian chip foundries, anyway, this is true, and we all know that the embedded space is dominated by the Asians ...

this latest instatnce of the T-Engine is the realization of some very old, honored traditions in the embedded space. the dream of having your microwave oven use your cell phone for that little extra calculation power it needs to get your meringue fluffed right is just one step closer ..

hmmmmm...

[new death barbie]

if there aren't security and privacy implications, you're probably not doing anything very fun.

I think I used to date this guy...