Google made an extremely important official announcement today that may bring major changes to the technology world in the coming years, and that's because the Mountain View giant officially unveiled KataOS, a new secure operating system for RISC- V.
Google developed KataOS exclusively in the Rust programming language, already used by a variety of Silicon Valley companies for products offered globally, and also used in the Open Source version of Android, or even in the Linux kernel, so we are talking about a big step forward made by the Americans.
According to the details provided by Google for KataOS, the use of Rust as the programming language for this operating system represents a solid foundation to provide high security for the devices that use it, while eliminating many vulnerabilities of other similar operating systems. .
Google created KataOS for use in smart devices that are used in smart homes, that is, not for mobile phones or tablets, but for the rest of the devices that can be controlled from mobile terminals, but that do not have secure operating systems based on which work.
Google's goal is to create smart and safe accessories for smart homes, and this is because more and more people are starting to use various types of smart gadgets in their own homes, but KataOS is currently in full development, so it remains to be seen when exactly it will be launched official.
“KataOS is also implemented almost entirely in Rust, which provides a strong starting point for software security, as it eliminates entire classes of errors, such as off-by-one errors and buffer overflows.
Our team at Google Research set out to solve this problem by building a secure, demonstrable platform that is optimized for embedded devices running ML applications. This is an ongoing project with a lot to do, but we're excited to share some early details and invite others to collaborate on the platform so we can build smart ambient systems that have security built in by default.”
