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Microsoft has applied for a patent for a distributed operating system that matches the description of one its researchers have been developing, known as Helios.

The distributed operating system enables dynamic configuration so that multicore computers with/without local hard disks are dynamically connected or disconnected in response to the application's ...

It's time for a distributed operating system that provides "that common layer of abstraction across these heterogeneous and distributed cloud resources," she says.

Amazon's service architecture. Image courtesy Amazon. The idea of a distributed operating system has been around in academia for a long time.

After months of conflicting statements from Huawei executives, the Chinese networking giant on Friday officially unveiled HarmonyOS, the much-anticipated microkernel-based distributed operating ...

At the Huawei Developer Conference today, Huawei launched HarmonyOS – a new microkernel-based, distributed operating system designed to deliver a cohesive user experience across all devices and ...

Announced by Improbable CEO Herman Narula at the Slush event in Helsinski, Spatial OS is essentially an operating system for developing advanced and large scale data simulations.

The purpose of the OpenHarmony project is "to build an open, distributed operating system framework for smart IoT devices in the full-scenario, full-connectivity, and full-intelligence era." The ...