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📣 peter_retief

HN Why are there no real time hardware/operating systems available?


HN Why are there no real time hardware/operating systems available?


  👤 jeffreygoesto Accepted Answer ✓
There are? QNX and VxWorks (Integrity maybe, depending on your definition of "OS"). If you want the hardest of hard real-time, you'd need to use a CPU that doesn't even have a cache... =;-}

👤 fbhabbed
They are used in very specific applications, from industrial robots to cars to mars rovers. They aren't better in general, just suited for the specific use case