Micro-kernel Based Operating Systems: Moving UNIX onto Modern System Architectures

High-volume, low-end systems are driving the pricing and gathering most of the attention of much of the industry, but the high-end systems are driving the technology innovations since the low-end systems are built from standard components. Those innovations in the high-end work their way down to the low end, just as multiprocessing, graphics, etc. have moved down to the PCs. Having a successful strategy in the high end is important for ensuring a continuing technology flow into the medium and low end systems.