USENIX ATC '21/OSDI '21 Joint Keynote Address-It's Time for Operating Systems to Rediscover Hardware

What this video covers

Timothy Roscoe of ETH Zurich delivers the joint USENIX ATC/OSDI 2021 keynote arguing that operating systems must reckon with modern hardware, which is a heterogeneous collection of processors, firmware and coprocessors rather than a simple machine. It shows how much runs below and beside Linux.

Why it surfaced in Hacker News

Repeatedly recommended as a revelatory talk on how little control the main OS has over modern SoCs and PCs.

Recommendation context

Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.

“I highly recommend Timothy Roscoe's OSDI keynote[0]”

“There's this great USENIX talk by Timothy Roscoe [1]”

“I found this talk both riveting and compelling”