Software:Barrelfish (operating system)

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Barrelfish
Barrelfish logo.png
DeveloperETH Zurich with assistance of Microsoft Research
Working stateDiscontinued
Source modelOpen source
Initial releaseSeptember 15, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-09-15)
|Final release|Latest release}}2020.03.23 / March 23, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-03-23)
Kernel typeMicrokernel
LicenseMIT License
Official websitewww.barrelfish.org

Barrelfish is an experimental computer operating system built by ETH Zurich with the assistance of Microsoft Research in Cambridge.[1][2][3] It is an experimental operating system designed from the ground up for scalability for computers built with multi-core processors with the goal of reducing the compounding decrease in benefit as more CPUs are used in a computer by putting low-level hardware information in a database, thus removing the need for driver software.[4][5]

The partners released the first snapshot of the OS on September 15, 2009[6] with a second being released in March, 2011. Excluding some third-party libraries, which are covered by various BSD-like open source licenses, Barrelfish is released under the MIT license.[1] Snapshots are regularly released, the last one dating to March 23, 2020.[7][8][9]

While originally being developed in collaboration with Microsoft Research, it is now partly supported by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Labs, Huawei, Cisco, Oracle, and VMware.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The Barrelfish Operating System". http://www.barrelfish.org. 
  2. Joseph L. Flatley (2009-09-29). "Microsoft unveils Barrelfish multi-core optimized OS". https://www.engadget.com/2009/09/29/microsoft-unveils-barrelfish-multi-core-optimized-os/. 
  3. Jeremy Kirk (2009-09-30). "Microsoft 'Barrelfish' OS will speed multicore systems". https://www.infoworld.com/article/2629671/microsoft--barrelfish--os-will-speed-multicore-systems.html. 
  4. Jason Mick (2009-09-28). "Microsoft Unveils "Barrelfish", a New Multi-core OS". http://www.dailytech.com/Microsoft%20Unveils%20Barrelfish%20a%20New%20Multicore%20OS/article16344.htm. 
  5. Mary Jo Foley (2009-09-25). "Microsoft and European researchers deliver a snapshot of multikernel 'Barrelfish' OS". https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-and-european-researchers-deliver-a-snapshot-of-multikernel-barrelfish-os/. 
  6. Julie Bort (2009-09-24). "Microsoft, researchers release new operating system project: Barrelfish". https://www.networkworld.com/article/2231840/microsoft--researchers-release-new-operating-system-project--barrelfish.html. 
  7. Roni Häcki (2018-02-23). "New Barrelfish Release". Barrelfish-users (Mailing list).
  8. Lukas Humbel (2018-10-04). "New Barrelfish Release". Barrelfish-users (Mailing list).
  9. Lukas Humbel (2020-03-23). "New Barrelfish Release". Barrelfish-users (Mailing list).

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