An Overview of the Singularity Project
Galen C. Hunt, James R. Larus, Martı́n Abadi, Mark Aiken, Paul Barham, Manuel A. Fähndrich, Chris Hawblitzel, Orion Hodson, Steven Levi, Nicholas A. Murphy, Bjarne Steensgaard, David Tarditi, Ted Wobber, Brian Zill · 2005
Abstract. Singularity is a research project in Microsoft Research that started with the question: what would a software platform look like if it was designed from scratch with the primary goal of dependability? Singularity is working to answer this question by building on advances in programming languages and tools to develop a new system architecture and operating system (named Singularity), with the aim of producing a more robust and dependable software platform. Singularity demonstrates the practicality of new technologies and architectural decisions, which should lead to the construction of more robust and dependable systems. 1 This report is a snapshot of a project in motion. In particular, performance measurements are preliminary and subject to