An embedded system typically has enough CPU power to do the job, but typically only just enough — there is no excess. Memory size is usually limited. It is not unreasonably small, but there isn't ...

Desktop or laptop computers are extremely powerful and amazingly low cost. This means that developers of software for desktop systems assume that there is infinite CPU power, so they worry very little ...

Normal execution of a given software application is contained within the bounds of one program, or instruction stream. Such execution is provable, as well as traceable. However, system designers and ...

Linux was originally written as a general-purpose operating system without any consideration for real-time applications. Recently Linux has become attractive to the real-time community due to its low ...