Google Developing 'Brillo' OS For Internet of Things

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday May 23, 2015 @09:59AM from the won't-run-on-your-brilloPad dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A new report from The Information (paywalled) says Google is working on an operating system called "Brillo" that would be a platform for Internet-of-things devices. It's supposedly a lightweight version of Android, capable of running on devices with extremely limited hardware — as little as 32 MB of RAM, for example. The company is expected to launch the code for Brillo at its I/O event next week. This is particularly relevant now that Google has acquired Nest, Dropcam, and Revolv — a trio of "smart home" companies whose devices could potentially by unified by Brillo.

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32MB? by SuricouRaven · 2015-05-23 10:05 · Score: 4, Interesting

32MB? Bah. I remember the days when you could fit a whole OS in a hundred K! And 640K was enough for anyone!
On a more serious note: The 'internet of things' hype is supposed to be about putting sensors in just about everything. 32MB is a lot of data for a sensor.
32*M*B? by Mirar · 2015-05-23 10:35 · Score: 4, Interesting

I regularly work with devices having 32*K*B or RAM. That talks TCP/IP. (And much smaller than that, but they do very limited amount of networking, like CAN.)
And I remember running Linux on devices with a lot less than 32MB...
What's the challenge with 32MB? And how is that extreme in any way?