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To study how chips really work, MIT researchers built their own operating system
June 10, 2026
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 10 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:

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To study how chips really work, MIT researchers built their own operating system

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A new kernel, or core program within an operating system, gives researchers a cleaner view of what's happening inside a processor. Called Fractal and developed at MIT, the kernel has already surfaced previously unknown behavior in Apple's M1. . . .

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