Although it may be tough, solving the networked real-time challenge is critical. This challenge is addressed by middleware. So, what makes middleware real time? The easy answer would be that ...

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Embedded systems and networking are high-growth fields. Where they meet--in distributed embedded systems--there's a world of opportunity for new approaches. Just a few in the long list of applications ...

The list of distributed real-time applications is long. It includes military systems, financial trading, telecommunications, factory automation, traffic control, medical imaging, and more. Each of ...