Towards real-time enabled Microsoft Windows

Many computer scientists recognize the adverse relationship between Microsoft Windows, a general purpose operating system, which by design does not support Real Time, a specific purpose feature. However, the boundary between a general-purpose system and a special-purpose feature has begun to blur and Microsoft and its partners have kept working on adding real-time services to Windows. In this paper, we will describe existing real-time solutions for Windows, the on-going projects for the next release of Windows and future trends lead by hardware evolution. Categories and Subject Descriptors D.4 [Operating Systems]: General—Microsoft Windows; D.4.7 [Organization and Design]: [Real-time systems and embedded systems] General Terms Design Keywords Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Real-Time Systems, Embedded Systems

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: EMSOFT
• Authors: Alex Xiang Feng
• Keywords: EMSOFT 2005, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Real-time Systems