Introduction to Z-devices - page 2

Thus I imagine a future where every primitive electronic or electro-mechanical object is a standalone object, and runs all sorts of custom software designed just for it.

And then, instead of connecting many devices to a single main (host) computer to coordinate them all, they now become stand-alone devices which can intelligently communicate amongst themselves and coordinate themselves.

A "host" is needed merely to inject the initial commands to "start them up", and then can sit back and watch while the peripherals do all the work.

I want to anticipate this future. I am currently working on the design of this "Z-chip".

It may be several years away. Until then, I have developed prototypes using existing common off-the-shelf parts mounted on a small board. I call it the "Z-board". It is hundreds of times larger than the proposed "Z-chip", and hundreds of times slower and hundreds of time more power-hungry. But they exist NOW and we can move on to prototype the next part of the project, the OS.

I have designed a new and unique operating system for it. And that is what this project is all about.

I call it the Z-OS.