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RTLinux Boasts Single-Digit uSec Responsiveness

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the speedy-gonzales-makes-his-linux-debut dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Linux implementation delivering single-digit microsecond responsiveness on 64-bit dual-core AMD Opteron processors is being demonstrated at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston this week. From the article: "According to FSMLabs, an AMD Opteron 265 dual-core system running RTLinux can deliver guaranteed interrupt latencies of no more than five microseconds, with scheduling jitter of no more than eight microseconds, even with Linux under a heavy load." Heck, with numbers like that it seems like Linux could run circles around XP Pro for audio/video apps such as streaming, recording, and playback!"

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  1. Is this from the archives??? by Entertainment+Watch · · Score: -1, Troll
    Okay, for quite some time now, Windows has had Linux running circles around it... even Linux back 10 years ago, ran circles around modern Windows XP...

    Linux doesn't just run circles around it, it even draws pretty patterns while it is at it... doesn't take much to outdo windows though...

    Sheez, my grandma with her walker can outrun Linux... who cares what it runs on, my old 486 from 10 years ago running Linux can outperform a 64 bit XP Pro machine....

    Oh well, guess they need something to be proud of, as we have the best mascot, the penguin...

  2. It could? by Saven+Marek · · Score: 0, Troll

    Heck, with numbers like that it seems like Linux could run circles around XP Pro for audio/video apps such as streaming, recording, and playback!

    It already has and for a long time now.