Latency and Software Developers

I was recently having a conversation where someone asked me to compare real time and low latency Linux kernels.  I used the phrase “real time is the enemy of low latency.”  This caught some attention and I was asked to explain what I meant.  In order to accommodate the needs of real time processing we need to …

March 28, 2010: Chalfont to Nashville

Today the driving begins. Another long, long stretch of blacktop stretches out before me. I can’t believe how much driving I am doing this week. This is definitely a life record for me. In total, not including the extra several hundred miles that I have not figured out when I am going to do yet …