Report on Technology and Market Impact on Operating Systems

            Internet of Things (IoT) devices has revolutionized the technology marketplace. You can now control all functions of your home with an app thanks to IoT devices. IoT devices can also communicate with each other to provide a seamless experience. The integration of these devices and building operating system that support all these devices is a challenging task. IoT OS needs continuous development in order to provide support for (Smith & Kennedy, 2018) latest protocols and chip architectures. There are number of IoT OSs available which include Contiki-OS, RIOT and Zephyr to name a few. IoT devices are enabling software developers to make customized software which can enhance features of these IoT devices and at the same time provide compatibility with other platforms. Here is a diagram of OS of an IoT device:

CPU Processing of Technology and Market Impact on Operating Systems

            With the advancement in chip manufacturing technology and processor architecture the processing speed of processors is increasing on yearly basis. According to Moore’s Law number of transistors on a processor doubles in two years and provides more performance at low wattage. We are now seeing processors built on 7nm process which provide incredible processing speeds and machine learning capabilities. These processors are also power efficient and die size has also shrunk. All this processing power needs an operating system that can

channel this power properly and provide multiple functions. Microsoft Windows 10 has added support for multiple cores and threads to harness the full potential of these processors. This additional processing powers enables us to run multiple tasks at the same time without worrying about the processor being crashed.

Main Memory of Technology and Market Impact on Operating Systems

With the advancement in flash architecture and flash memory RAM has also seen a tremendous upgrade in recent years. RAM can now come in 32 GB Single DIMM and provide speeds of up to 34000 MHz. The operating systems needs to be updated to support these RAM capacity and speeds. Microsoft Windows 10 can support up to 2TB of RAM. RAM can also be used in dual channel mode which enables (Hasan, Zubair, & Usmani, 2016)more speed and

doubles the memory bus bit rate. This advancement in RAM technologies is pushing operating systems to develop more ways to take advantage of that extra memory.

Cloud Computing of Technology and Market Impact on Operating Systems

            Cloud computing is changing the way organizations and individual manage their business. Cloud computing has enabled organizations to use shared resources such ass servers and applications. With the rapid advancement in processing speeds and storage devices cloud computing is getting more accessible to small enterprises. This is generating a need for special operating system specifically designed to handle cloud computing operations. Cloud computing is a multi-layered and complex system which demands an operating system that can give user friendly experience. There are number of Cloud computing Operating system available which include Corneli OS, Zero PC, Cloudstack, cloudMe, (Javed, Afzal, & Sharif, 2018)Glide OS, amoeba OS etc.

Big-data Processing of Technology and Market Impact on Operating Systems

            With the rise in Cloud computing there is a huge amount of data that need to be processed. Big data processing needs efficient cloud computing operating systems and lots of processing power. This is the age of machine learning and AI which requires Big-data processing. This can all be possible with cloud computing and huge processing power. With the advancement in processor speeds and cloud computing technologies it is now possible to process big amounts of data. Big data processing is helping in the fields of research and development and analytics and statistics.

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5G Networks of Technology and Market Impact on Operating Systems

            5G will be a big leap in networking technologies and will revolutionize information and communication technology (ICT) field. The 5G will enable delay critical services and will provide secure connection. It will provide support for IoT devices on a whole new level. IoT devices will be able to communicate in teal time and provide a seamless experience. 5G will revolutionize cloud computing software capabilities and will enable functions that weren’t previously possible with 4G. 5G will push developers to build operating systems that are dynamic and can handle multiple operations at once.

Artificial Intelligence of Technology and Market Impact on Operating Systems

            The recent advancement in processing technologies has enabled machine learning and Artificial intelligence. Even a smartphone now a days has teraflops of computing powers which provides machine learning capabilities. By using Artificial Intelligence and machine learning we can build operating systems that are self-aware. Window 10 Cortana is a great example of this technology. Cortana can schedule your meetings and show you curated search results according to your preferences. As the computing technology evolves operating systems will become more self-aware and provide assistive technologies that require less human interaction.

COVID-19 v/s Technology and Market Impact on Operating Systems

            With the current lockdown situation due to COVID-19 epidemic the organizations are pushing work from home policies to make use of their workforce. Large number of people are now working from their home. This situation was unexpected and created a need for an operating system that can support organization workflow in an online scenario. Although there is software available for online working which include Microsoft Teams, Skype and Zoom to name a few but they mainly provide video conferencing capabilities. There is a need of operating system that is based on cloud computing and provide all the functionalities of traditional OS in a workflow scenario. There is a need of MIS that can use AI to determine what task to be assigned to which employee. The epidemic has also raised concern regarding current operating systems support for handling these types of situations. There is a need of an operating system that adapts to the workflow of your company and provide seamless experience.

Fault Tolerance of Technology and Market Impact on Operating Systems

            Fault tolerance is the ability of Operating Systems to continue to operate in case of a hardware failure. With the recent development in processing technologies the most important functions can be stored in case of a power outage or hardware failure. Operating systems rely on processing technologies to tolerate different (Subrata, 2017)kinds of faults. Fault tolerance in operating system allows for seamless operation without losing critical information in case of a disruptions in hardware. An advance operating system can detect faults even before it happens and that can be possible with the recent advancement in AI technologies.

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