Rick Lamers and Martin Casado kick off a Rust OS project for 128+ core machines
ricklamers · x · 2026-09-22
Developer Rick Lamers and a16z's Martin Casado are teaming up on a new OS project. Lamers wants a design that actually exploits today's ridiculous 128+ core machines, plans to write it fully in Rust, and Casado says he'll buy a couple of PCs to set it up and ping him. Early stage, few details yet.
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