Intel Releases mOS - Custom Operating System for HPC

[AleksandarK]

Intel has been focusing its resources on data center and high-performance computing lately and the company has made some interesting products. Today, Intel has released its latest creation - mOS operating system. Created as a research project, Intel has made an OS made for some extreme-scale HPC systems, meaning that the OS is created for hyper scalers and ones alike. The goal of mOS is to deliver a high-performance environment for software with low-noise, scalability, and the concept of lightweight kernels (LWK) that manage the system.. Being based on the Linux kernel, the OS is essentially another distribution, however, it has been modified so it fits the HPC ecosystem the best way. The mOS is a product in the pre-alpha phase, however, it can already be used in supercomputers like ASCI Red, IBM Blue Gene, and others. Intel is aiming to develop a stable release by the time the Aurora exascale system is ready so it can deploy mOS there.


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[Crackong]

The letter "y" is missing.

 

[PowerPC]

Just curious, what is the usual Linux OS used in data centers or HPC these days?

 

[Deleted member 181753]

It's not mOS it's megawattOS as megawatt stand for the mega power consumption that Intel draw from planet earth and moleOS as it stand up for intel os is being the mole !

 

[hurakura]

Full of holes and backdoors. No thanks

 

[remixedcat]

Just curious, what is the usual Linux OS used in data centers or HPC these days?

Most use CentOS or RHEL.

Also.. given Intel's track record for security most will prolly nope out of this OS.