Nukernel
Microkernel
| Developer | Jeff Robbin, Thomas E. Saulpaugh, Bill M. Bruffey, Russell T. Williams |
|---|---|
| Working state | Discontinued |
| Source model | Closed-source |
| Initial release | 1994; 30 years ago (1994) |
| Final release | Patent filing / 1996 (1996) |
| Marketing target | Personal computers |
| Available in | English |
| Platforms | PowerPC |
| Kernel type | Microkernel |
| Default user interface | GUI |
| License | Proprietary |
| Preceded by | Mach |
| Succeeded by | XNU |
NuKernel is a microkernel which was developed at Apple Computer during the early 1990s. Written from scratch and designed using concepts from the Mach 3.0 microkernel, with extensive additions for soft real-time scheduling to improve multimedia performance, it was the basis for the Copland operating system. Only one NuKernel version was released, with a Copland alpha release. Development ended in 1996 with the cancellation of Copland.
The External Reference Specification (ERS) for NuKernel is contained in its entirety in its patent.[1]
The one-time technical lead for NuKernel, Jeff Robbin, was one of the leaders of iTunes and the iPod.
Apple's NuKernel is not the microkernel in BeOS, nukernel.
See also
- v
- t
- e
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kernels |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating systems |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frameworks, kits | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Developers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ US patent 5590334, Saulpaugh, Thomas E.; Bruffey, Bill M. & Williams, Russell T., "Object oriented message passing system and method", published 1996-12-31, issued 1996-12-31, assigned to Apple Computer
 | This Macintosh-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
