The most widely deployed mobile virtualization solution
April 03, 2008
I get asked this question a lot: what is the difference between a hypervisor and a microkernel? Frequently the question is accompanied by competitor-planted bullshit such as: isn't it better to use a hypervsior for virtualization, as it is secifically designed for that, while a microkernel isn't? But the question also ...
Posted by Gernot Heiser on April 03 at 05:17 AM
April 01, 2008
BW from OK Labs: Hi Rob
RM: Hi
BW: Are you excited about your pecha kucha presentation?
RM: machu picchu?
BW: no pecha kucha
RM: Pikachu?
Yes, we are really excited about our disruption zone presentation using the pecha kucha style at Embedded Systems Conference (ESC).
BW: What is the disruption zone?
RM: Companies with ...
Posted by Robert C. McCammon on April 01 at 07:25 PM
March 28, 2008
In tandem with our participation in the disruption zone at Embedded Systems Conference, we will be hosting our 3rd meet-up in San Jose on Tuesday April 15th.
For those of you who are not familiar with meet-ups, they are small and informal gatherings were we hang out, talk shop and discuss technology - like a ...
Posted by Benno Leslie on March 28 at 04:30 PM
March 27, 2008
OK Labs Congratulates Dr. Daniel Potts , Director of Engineering, on receiving his PhD from the School of Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW.
While completing his course work for his PhD, Dr. Dan worked full time and as result became addicted to coffee (originally for the caffeine, but more recently for the ...
Posted by Daniel Potts on March 27 at 07:18 PM
March 27, 2008
This issue came up recently. A customer asked questions along the following lines (I'm not making this up, but suspect it's been planted by competitors): You've got this excellent performance on ARM9 cores which is a result of some cool things you did with the architecture. But you can't do those on ARM11 cores, so ...
Posted by Gernot Heiser on March 27 at 02:07 AM
March 26, 2008
The OK Community is a great place to connect with people interested in L4, OKL4, Android, embedded systems virtualization and more. If you are really interested in tinkering with some code or merely learning a little bit more about OKL4, then perhaps you should check out the Developer's Mailing List. In the past week ...
Posted by Ram Sarabu on March 26 at 06:02 PM
March 25, 2008
On-Demand McCammon:
VP of Product Management, Rob McCammon presented "No Compromises: The Truth about Security, Reliability and Virtualization for Linux Devices at RTECC - Dallas. Here are the ...
Posted by Robert C. McCammon on March 25 at 03:32 PM
March 25, 2008
I released a new version of pexif today. This release fixes some small bugs and now deals with files containing multiple application markers. This means files that have XMP metadata now work.
Now I just wish I had time to actually use it for its original purpose of attaching geo data to my photos.
Posted by Benno Leslie on March 25 at 10:57 AM
March 25, 2008
On Tuesday a few OKers headed out to Dallas with Iggy. Thanks to everyone who attended our meet-up! Pictures from our Trip
Sneak Peak: Iggy explains to the captains how OKL4 can make future airtravel more secure. Actually, Gernot probably does it better.
Posted by Brenna Walters Lenoir on March 25 at 10:30 AM
March 23, 2008
We are profiled on EG3. Check us out.
This is an exciting survey on hot technologies, and leading vendors.
Posted by Marti Konstant on March 23 at 06:51 PM
March 17, 2008
Security and safety is important for all embedded systems, not just those which deal with money or national security.
This is why you'll be seeing more stories like the one of the researchers who hacked an implantable defibrillator (ICD) and demonstrated that you could kill the wearer remotely (although only from a ...
Posted by Gernot Heiser on March 17 at 10:14 PM
March 13, 2008
A: One protection is both different...
I'm of course referring to the latest twist in the microkernel story: Singularity vs L4. The recent public release of the Singularity source by Microsoft has generated some attention, and invited some comparisons with L4. It has also “enriched” the blogosphere with blatantly ...
Posted by Gernot Heiser on March 13 at 07:02 AM
March 12, 2008
Open Kernel Labs will be hosting another meet-up! Thanks to everyone who came out to our first ever meet-up in Santa Clara, California.
For those of you who are not familiar with meet-ups, they are small and informal gatherings were we hang out, talk shop and discuss technology - like a conference... but with beer.
If ...
Posted by Brenna Walters Lenoir on March 12 at 05:20 PM
March 11, 2008
Come see us at RTECC Dallas or ESC in San Jose. Email blog@ok-labs.com for more details.
Posted by Brenna Walters Lenoir on March 11 at 01:47 PM
March 04, 2008
RTECC - Dallas
March 25, 2008
1:15 - 2:00PM
Plano Centre
No-Compromises: The Truth about Security, Reliability, and Virtualization for Linux Devices
By Rob McCammon, VP of Product Management for Open Kernel Labs
The value of the Linux ecosystem is driving more developers to use Linux in embedded systems. However, ...
Posted by Robert C. McCammon on March 04 at 02:58 PM