T-Engine: Japan's Ubiquitous Computing Architecture Is Ready for Prime Time

by Jan Krikke IEEE Pervasive Computing, April-June 2005 Japan is quietly positioning itself for the next phase in digital technology: ubiquitous computing. A sign of things to come is T-Engine, arguably the most advanced ubiquitous computing platform in the world. T-Engine enables the distribution of software resources, including middleware developed on T-Kernel, its compact, real-time operating system. The platform also features standardized hardware and tamper-resistant network security. Ubiquitous computing is the third era in computing. It follows the mainframe era and the PC era. T-Engine's developers consider it the first platform to offer a complete end-to-end solution for ubiquitous computing. Read the article