A group of developers Google has just released the first code of a new completely new operating system called Fuchsia. This project is open source and its code available on sharing platforms GitHub and Git Google. However, its purpose is still largely mysterious. The giant of Silicon Valley has so far been no communication about it.
On this mystery project work anyway real heavyweights such as Brian Swetland, which largely contributed to the code Android since its inception. In an interview, Andy Rubin (Android’s dad) even said of him that he was “ one of the best Android engineers ” and “ had created much its architecture . ” He had previously worked for Danger and Be. Like Travis Geiselbrecht, programming expert low, which is also passed by Apple to floor on the launch of the first iPhone. The team is led by Chris McKillop, who is already the boss of Android TV and had previously attempted to “reboot” Palm with WebOS. On his LinkedIn profile, it shows on floor Fuchsia since March 2015, “change the world” , no less.
Still, its developers are very discreet about their project. For some tracks, it is necessary to delve into the code and collect some clues left by its authors on the discussion forums
A core brand new
First surprise:. Fuchsia n is not based on a Linux kernel, as is the case of Android and Chrome OS, but has its own kernel. Called “Magenta” it is described in the online documentation as “a medium microkernel” Little Kernel based on a microkernel dedicated to embedded systems designed by Geiselbrecht. However, Magenta provides a range of functionality to target “Modern phones and modern computers with faster processors, a nontrivial amount of RAM and arbitrary devices” .
in fact, developers have already started testing on different platforms. Over on IRC, they explain Fuchsia having rotated on mini PC based on Intel Broadwell or Skylake and on a laptop Acer Switch Alpha 12. “And soon we will have the support Raspberry Pi 3 which should interest some people “, they said. In a post on the forum Hacker News, one of them also explains that the new OS would not only “incredibly modular” , but can also be characterized by “a graphic high performance, low-latency input and a beautiful GUI “. In particular, Fuchsia integrates outset a 3D rendering engine “PHYSICALLY-based rendering” (PBR) called Escher. These technologies are used especially in video games to make the surface and shadow more realistic objects.
An OS for augmented reality?
The question is what Google uses plans Fuchsia. Given the CVs of the project, the new software could be dedicated to embedded and connected objects systems, a promising market that the recent Brillo project – based on Android – not necessarily met
Another hypothesis. Fuchsia is a general platform that will replace Android and Chrome OS, the software giant seeks to unify 2017. Obviously, Google will then ensure compatibility with current Android applications to benefit from the power of its ecosystem. But technically, it is far from insurmountable. . In the past, several systems have already integrated support for Android applications like BlackBerry 10 … or Chrome OS
Finally, one of the users of the forum Hacker News is obvious: all this project would be around augmented and / or virtual reality. “[Fuchsia] is the new Google Android, with a new rendering low latency for the new generation of mobile devices” , believes “ansible”, adding: “ Take the simple example of a new navigation application. She incrustera points of location and orientation arrows. They must match the virtual and real places. With existing Android API, it is impossible to do. “ Difficult to know more at this stage. For this, it will take Google so that finally the wood.
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