ChromeOS now runs on top of Linux and, er, Zephyr ...
. This is an always-on ultra-low-power microcontroller. It handles everything you want a Chromebook to do when the application processor is off or sleeping. In particular, the EC is critical for extending the Chromebook's battery life.
One reason you probably didn't hear about this switch is that ChromeOS developers don't have to worry about it. The EC's application programming interfaces remained unchanged. So regardless of whether a Chromebook uses the original EC code or the newer Zephyr-based EC code, ChromeOS applications run the same as ever.
Besides being an RTOS, Zephyr is also a small, scalable operating system that's ideal for use on resource-constrained systems over multiple architectures. That makes it easier and faster for Google and its Chromebook partners to move to new architectures and support new equipment drivers.
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