Embedded battle royal [embedded operating systems]
14 Citations•2001•
S. Santo
IEEE Spectrum
How Windows and Linux are extending their competition for the desktop to cell phones and set-top boxes in the form of embedded microprocessor systems is described and questions whether traditional embedded operating systems are up to the challenge.
Abstract
In this paper, the author describes how Windows and Linux are extending their competition for the desktop to cell phones and set-top boxes in the form of embedded microprocessor systems. In addition, he questions whether traditional embedded operating systems are up to the challenge.